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I don't see the need for noise as an extra feedback mechanism, since the operator would be near enough to see and hear the actual equipment."
Again, I'll agree that everything is doable, and should have been started 30 years ago.
My whole teams flew out to Caterpillar in Peoria when we did our work. Our models were "exact.".
Even though this is a "game", it has a full physics model, collision, and calculates for torque on each part of the system.
Things like "noise" are really helpful to make a HUMAN do the right thing. There are many subtle ques used to ensure the operator is safe, the vehicle is safe, and the environment is safe.
In exchange for displacing the HUMAN (remotely) the danger to the other two go up. Force feedback for example can help you "feel" a pipe, a boulder, or rock so solid your vehicle is about to break.
It might be possible to use haptic systems, but a measured force to you that reflects the system is better.
I'll bet the guy with the RC trucks had a lot of "spills" and "tumbles" he did not record, which in real like would have been millions of dollars of failure, and he would have in fact been banned from driving ever again LOL
- Reichart