Analysis of Motion Cueing Performance of Large Range Robotic Motion Simulator: A Luge Sports Simulator Case Study

The study focuses on a serial manipulator control for motion simulation. Two motion cueing algorithms were compared for the case of luge sports simulation - the Classic Washout Filter (CWF) and its advanced version utilizing cylindrical coordinates (CYL). The tuning process of both algorithms is described considering the high dynamics of luge sport as a main challenge. Simulation has been tested on a group of people and simulation quality has been assessed. The luge sportsmen rated the fidelity of the simulation as satisfactory, indicating that the CYL algorithm has more dynamics. A few possible enhancements to improve simulation quality have been suggested.