A Novel Instrumental System for Immersive Simulation-Based Driver-in-the-Loop Vehicular Technology Research and Validation

The advancement in immersive technologies has opened up new frontiers to automotive engineering. Markedly, emerging tools such as vehicle/driving simulators, hardware-in-the-loop systems, digital twins, and biosensing devices enable researchers to explore and validate various kinds of human-centric...

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Published in:	2023 IEEE International Automated Vehicle Validation Conference (IAVVC) pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors:	Zhou, Xingyu, Wang, Zejiang, Cosio, Adrian, Shen, Heran, Ahn, Hyunjin, Kung, Yung-Chi, Sample, Mikhaela C., Moore, Michael, Gold, Andrea, Ross, Heidi W., Chin, Kristie, Wang, Junmin
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	IEEE 16-10-2023
Subjects:	Automated driving Brain driver-in-the-loop driving simulator Electroencephalography Electromyography Gaze tracking immersive simulation Instruments Muscles Real-time systems virtual reality
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Summary:	The advancement in immersive technologies has opened up new frontiers to automotive engineering. Markedly, emerging tools such as vehicle/driving simulators, hardware-in-the-loop systems, digital twins, and biosensing devices enable researchers to explore and validate various kinds of human-centric vehicular automation technologies in a safe, time-efficient, and reverifiable manner. In this paper, a novel driver-in-the-Ioop instrumental system for automated vehicle research and validation is delineated. Such a setup synergizes a cutting-edge six-degrees-of-freedom moving-base vehicle simulator with an immersive video-audio system, an advanced dSP ACE SCALEXIO real-time hardware-in-the-Ioop simulation computer that runs high-fidelity and customizable digital twins of vehicle systems, sensors, roadway, and traffic, a dSP ACE MicroAutoBox, as well as a biosensor suite comprising electroencephalography instrument for brain activities monitoring, electromyography apparatus for forearm muscle responses measurements, and an eye-tracking device for gaze and head movements tracking. The capabilities and versatility of the novel instrumental setup are showcased by demonstrating its utilization in a research project.
DOI:	10.1109/IAVVC57316.2023.10328070