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UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ AGORA CENTER Deliverable: WDL:n Ajosimulaattorin selvitystyö Narciso González Vega
02.06.2004 Executive summary Neuroarviot Oy and Agora Center (University of Jyväskylä) have defined
their needs for a Truck Driving Simulator Assessment and Monitoring System
(TDSAMS). The definition has been carried out on the bases of interviews
with the representatives of the interested organisations, and in joint
meetings. The business and economic relevance of this driving simulator
stems from the development of new services in assessing professional
drivers' performance by Neuroarviot. These new services must undergo
objective validation studies before being marketed. The objective
validation of this services and products are done through the scientific
resources Agora Center already holds. These are the drivers' performance
measurement technology and the psychophysiological, simulation, and virtual
reality expertise without which the TDSAMS would be of limited utility.
Additionally, the goals of Agora Center are the monitoring and assessment
of alertness states of professional truck drivers and non-professional
drivers (project funded by the Academy of Finland). The optimal preconditions the acquired TDSAMS must fulfil are the
following: The TDSAMS shall be an integrated system; auomatisation of the
assessment, monitoring and training functions shall be available through
the TDSAMS; the software source code of the TDSAMS shall be open; the
ownership of the TDSAMS shall remain within the partners group, to be
defined by Jyväskylän Ammattikorkeakoulu, Neuroarviot and Agora Center;
input/output from/to external assessment equipment and in-vehicle
information systems (IVIS) shall be available in the TDSAMS to cover the
business and research needs of the partners. Among the numerous possible driving simulator providers available
worldwide, a limited number have been selected which could likely fulfil
the requirements and conditions agreed by the partners. This selection has
been done through personal acquaintances of the author of this report from
past collaborations, and a review of some of the existing devices reported
in the document "WELLNESS DREAM LAB AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY AND SECURITY LAB,
AJOSIMULAATTOREIDEN TEKNISIÄ OMINAISUUKSIA ESISELVITYS" (2002) elaborated
by Human Protection Oy. From this pool of possible simulator developers,
the companies appearing to offer their driving simulators with best cost-
benefit ratio have been contacted, inquired about the technical
characteristics of their simulators, the prices of different system
configurations, the financial possibilities, i.e. leasing, renting, etc.,
and the possibilities to establish collaboration agreements. The driving simulator providers, representative and developers, from whom
extended information and economical offers have been requested are the
following: Systems Technolgoy Inc. (United States) and their European
representative A&A bv (Netherlands); AutoSim As (Norway); OKTAL (France);
GlobalSim Inc. DriveSafety (United States); and GSC AUTOSIM (Spain). After considerations and careful examination of the offers and the
economical tenders a possibility has been put forward by Agora Center and
Neuroarviot, and finally accepted by the WDL program, through which it will
be possible for Agora Center/Virtual Reality Laboratory and Neuroarviot to
develop a goal-oriented TDSAMS system. This will be based on the objectives
of the professional driver assessment activities of Neuroarviot and the
research goals of the project Psychophysiological and Behavioural
Monitoring of Drivers' Alertness in a Driving Simulator (Agora Center,
Academy of Finland). The requirements of the TDSAMS are described in
section 4.
The TDSAMS will produce benefits directly through the development of new
professional assessment services by Neuroarviot. The TDSAMS will also
contribute to the realisation of the project Psychophysiological and
Behavioural Monitoring of Drivers' Alertness in a Driving Simulator lead by
Narciso Gonzalez Vega in collaboration with Heikki Lyytinen and Jukka
Kaartinen (Agora Center and Department of Psychology). Funding for the
development of this project has been granted by the Academy of Finland. The solution adopted, i.e., a goal oriented truck driving simulator
assessment and monitoring system prototype is the only option, among those
offers supplied by the driving simulator providers reported in section 2.2,
that fulfils the preconditions established by Neuroarviot and Agora Center.
Other research and development projects could use the TDSAMS facilities for
the execution of their projects. The University of Jyväskylä in
collaboration with other parties can provide the scientific evidence-based
support for any business idea developed in the areas surrounding the
TDSAMS, i.e., professional drivers, training programmes, in-vehicle
information technology, driver assistance devices, etc. The cost of the TDSAMS proposed here is kept within the allotted budget.
Maintenance and upgrades to the system can be done on-demand and subjected
to project and budgetary agreements. Compared to the maintenance offered by
other driving simulator providers, this could be managed more efficiently.
Housing of the TDSAMS will not be more costly than normal working office
rooms. Two possible alternatives have been proposed up to today. These are
Viveca and Agora Center. It seems that in principle, Agora Center is
cheaper than Viveca to lodge the TDSAMS. In addition to the requirements provided in this report, and not included
in the budget allotted for this stage of the project, a great amount of
time needs to be invested by Neuroarviot and Narciso Gonzalez Vega (Agora
Center) to define and specify the functions of the assessment component of
the TDSAMS. These tasks are necessary for the developers to be able to
implement them in the resulting prototype at this first stage of the
project. Probably, the highest risk of the TDSAMS is the absence of defined goals
for it because the funding organisation has not documented its goals. Only
the goals of the project funded by the Academy of Finland and others
suggested by Agora Center and Neuroarviot to JSP (see section 3.9) have
been documented. Thus we have to reduce the risk to our side by stressing
that the goals can only be those defined in this report. Given that the
TDSAMS is conceived as a progressive development rather than a turnkey
system, and hence, less risky in its inception, the financial support for
its full realisation must be guaranteed. Otherwise, the end result might be
jeopardised. In this respect, the lack of an economical plan for the TDSAMS
at the present moment also represents a high risk. Unstructured or undefined management of the TDSAMS might result in
uncoordinated and inefficient use of the system. The University of
Jyväskylä (Agora Center) would need long-term decisions concerning the
future projection of the system as well as the context for collaboration
before being able to reach a long-term compromise towards the development
of the system beyond the initial prototype. The uncertainty the personnel
might experience due to ill-defined conditions can also represent a risk
towards achieving the goals of the TDSAMS.
Contents 1 Definition of the needs for a driving simulator 6
1.1 Optimal preconditions agreed by the collaborators in the TDSAMS 6
2 Driving simulator systems: Availability and feasibility 8
2.1 Driving simulator providers: Initial contacts 8
2.2 Driving simulator providers: Technical and economical offers 9
3 Preferred driving simulator system: Requirements 34
3.1 Conceptual description 34
3.2 Driver skills 34
3.3 Manned vehicle 34
3.4 Road environment 35
3.5 Truck driving incident scenarios 37
3.6 Non-driving stimulus presentation 44
3.7 Software functionality 44
3.8 Hardware configuration 45
3.9 Staged Description for the Investment in the WDL DS 46
4 Evaluation of the investment: preferred simulator 51
4.1 Benefits 51
4.2 Costs 52
4.3 Risks 52 Appendices A1 Systems Technology Inc. StiSim Drive simulator Basic Infornation STISIM Drive
European pricelist
STISIM Drive: The Low-Cost, Interactive, Driving Simulator (4 pp)
STISIM Drive: The Low-Cost, Interactive, Driving Simulator (2 pp) A2 AutoSim As. Driving Research Simulator PROPOSAL for Driving Research Simulator to University of Jyväskylä
PROPOSAL to University of Jyväskylä for Upgradeable Driving Simulator
Highly flexible and cost effective driving research simulator
SimPL-a Flexible and Cost-effective Simulator Platform
AS 160 Data Communication API
AutoSim Product Hierarchy
Price List Systems and Sub Systems March 01, 2004
SimWorld Software price list March 01, 2004
SimPL - a Flexible and Cost-effective Simulator Software Platform
SW 510 Visual System
SW 520 Autonomous Traffic
SW 540 Interactive Vehicle Game Wheel Steering
SW 540 Interactive Vehicle Real Car
SW 570 SimWorld Control
SW 610 Simton City A3 OKTAL SCANeR II driving simulator Tender Ref.: SCNFIN/008-03.307/A
EVARISTE Network v3.3
Solution for Driving Simulation: EVARISTE
Headlight Simulation: SCANeR II
Driving simulation in night time conditions
Solution for driving simulation: SCANeR II A4 GlobalSim Inc. DriveSafety Research Simulator DriveSafety's driving simulation systems ...
DriveSafety Research Simulator A5 GSC AUTOSIM Driving Simulator for driving schools EXAMPLE OF DRIVING SIMULATION CENTER FIVE UNITS
BUS SIMULATOR Definition of the needs for a driving simulator
Neuroarviot Oy represented by Pekka Kuikka, a