Hydraulic elevating platforms are commonly used machinery in assembling outside covers to buildings, washing windows etc. Evacuation of people from high places as well as fire-fighting are also well known service areas of elevating platforms. A team of researchers, designers, and end-users has introduced a concept of a man-in-the-loop simulator to be used in operator training for time-critical and accurate boom maneuvers. The hardware consists of a boom platform mounted on a 3d Stewart platform. Virtual engineering software is used to visualize the working environment on wall screens while a real-time simulation model transforms large boom movements to produce restricted motion in the Stewart mechanism.

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