Embedded Control System for Combat Vehicle Driving Simulator

This paper presents a driving simulator of a combat vehicle aimed for driver-vehicle interaction study and design of full scale driving simulator. The simulator consists of a real-time combat vehicle dynamics simulation module, a graphical presentation module, a robotic seat motion system, and a force feedback steering system. The simulation module simulates dynamic motion and interaction with environment of a combat vehicle in real-time. The graphical presentation module generates driving scenes that are displayed on a screen by a back projection. The robotic system generates seat motion cues by the help of a three degree-of-freedom hydraulically driven mechanism. The force feedback steering system is an interface between the driver and the simulator. In the paper the configuration of the driving simulator and the results of experimental evaluation are presented.