Product Tests in Virtual Reality: Lessons Learned during Collision Avoidance Development for Drones

Volker Settgast; Konstantinos Kostarakos; Eva Eggeling; Manfred Hartbauer; Torsten Ullrich

doi:10.3390/designs6020033

Product Tests in Virtual Reality: Lessons Learned during Collision Avoidance Development for Drones

Volker Settgast, Konstantinos Kostarakos, Eva Eggeling, Manfred Hartbauer, Torsten Ullrich^*

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Abstract

Virtual reality (VR) and real-world simulations have become an important tool for product development, product design, and product tests. Product tests in VR have many advantages, such as reproducibility and shortened development time. In this paper, we investigate the virtual testing of a collision avoidance system for drones in terms of economic benefits. Our results show that virtual tests had both positive and negative effects on the development, with the positive aspects clearly predominating. In summary, the tests in VR shorten the development time and reduce risks and therefore costs. Furthermore, they offer possibilities not available in real-world tests. Nevertheless, real-world tests are still important.

Original language	English
Article number	33
Journal	Designs
Volume	6
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/designs6020033
Publication status	Published - Apr 2022

Keywords

computer-aided design
computer-aided manufacturing
product design
simulation
virtual reality

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Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Engineering (miscellaneous)

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