TEST & MEASUREMENT | SIMULATION
PSOIMRUTLAABTLOE RS Designed to meet demand from chassis and safety engineers, compact
simulators are now offering opportunities across multiple departments of OEMs
to successfully solve market challenges in a more immersive environment.
With advances in
simulation technology
moving on in leaps
and bounds over the
last ten years, there is an overriding
theme emerging of the rise of
autonomy and the capability to
validate AI and machine learning
and ensuring driving simulators are
capable of testing multiple scenarios
efficiently, repeatably, and perhaps
most importantly, safely.
With more automotive
engineering departments relying
on simulation, Driver-in-the-Loop
(DiL) technology will undoubtedly
grow in stature, allowing even more
access for more people and vehicle
constructors. No longer are they the
exclusive preserve of high dynamics
and OEM engineering departments.
User Experience, Driver Assistance,
Human-Machine-Interface (HMI),
and legal departments and more are
now trusting results gleaned from
the virtual world. Having achieved
the core fidelity needed to provide
convincing human interaction
experience and valid data, driving
simulators have already come of age,
backed by a long-life expectancy.
In fact, due to such megatrends
in autonomy, electrification,
connectivity, and driver assistance,
portable driving simulators for
vehicle development applications
are providing the ideal solution
to those who are restricted by
space or cost, thanks to their
compact footprint and sophisticated
computational architecture.
As vehicle complexity continues
to increase, more pressure is
placed on development timescales
and resources, creating a
burgeoning need for companies
and departments to now gain access
to human-in-the-loop simulation
technologies to validate hardware
and software solutions. Where
simple desktop solutions don’t
provide the fidelity necessary,
compact simulators can offer
a fundamental building block
for connecting real people with
automotive simulations, anywhere
in the world, through optimised
complexity, quality, and time-todeploy.
It is just a matter of wheeling
it in, plugging in and starting work,
enabling it to be operated standalone,
or it can be connected with
external Software-in-the-Loop (SiL)
and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL)
systems.
With portable simulators
incorporating features such as
complex traffic and actor scripting,
together with sensor integration,
they are fast becoming ideal for
validating scenarios for advanced
driver assistance systems (ADAS),
active safety and autonomy. Add to
this integrated form and internal
sound isolation, and it is easy to see
why they are becoming used more
and more in standard office spaces.
And with some of the latest
solutions on the market including
driver’s seat, fully adjustable
steering wheel, dashboard,
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