Abstract-This paper presents the various stages for the construction of a two wheeled riding simulator. Despite its simplicity, the particularity of this simulator comes from the possibility to reproduce most of the movements and the inertial effects allowing to perceive sensations close to reality cases. This simulator has been developed for two purposes:• as a training tool for new riders with different scenarios: normal traffic environment, dangerous riding situations (avoidance, emergency braking, nearly failling or slipping situations, bad weather conditions, etc.) • to study riders behaviours in such situations Our studies have lead to an original 5 degrees of freedom (DOF) mechanical platform including a double haptic feedback on the handlebar. The three basic movements are classical and consist of pitch, roll and yaw one. The choices of the platform movements and the system actuation are motivated and described. Also, some performances results are shown validating the initial requirements.

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Abstract-This paper describes a new motorcycle riding simulator whose purpose is twofold: (1) it can be used as a training tool for new riders in different scenarios, such as a normal traffic environments or in dangerous riding situations (avoidance, emergency braking, nearly failing or slipping situations and bad weather conditions); and (2) it can be used to study cyclist behavior in such situations and rider-motorcycle interaction.Our studies have led to the development of an original five degrees-of-freedom (DOF) mechanical platform including double haptic feedback on the handlebar. The remaining components are the basic movements consisting of pitch, roll, and yaw. These components are gathered in a parallel kinematics-type platform to enhance the movement bandwidth of the two-wheeled riding simulator.Despite its simplicity, the particular appeal of this simulator lies in the possibility of reproducing important motorcycle movements and inertial effects which allow for the perception of sensations close to reality. The motivation behind the choice of platform movements and system actuation are described. Also, theoretical issues (modeling, identification and control aspects) and performance results are provided.

This paper presents controllers design procedure for dynamic trajectory tracking of a highly automated vehicle. The main objective is to follow the planned trajectories generated by a co-pilot module in the safe way despite the presence of vehicle model uncertainties and also to guarantee a passenger comfort by generating soft actions on the steering wheel and accelerations. A decoupled design approach of longitudinal and lateral controller is adopted. For the longitudinal controller, a proportional including a feedforward terms is adopted. On the other hand, an adaptive backstepping approach is used in lateral case to deal with model nonlinearities and parameter uncertainties. The developed controller is integrated and tested in simulation environment. Performance of this controller are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed controllers. NOMENCLATURE u/vLongitudinal/lateral vehicle speeds m Vehicle mass I z Inertia moment about the yaw axis through the vehicle center of gravity l f /l r Distances of the front and rear tires from vehicle's center of gravity c f /c r Cornering stiffness of the front and rear tires δ f Steering angle

Abstract-In order to be an effective tool for driver evaluation and education, driving simulators need to be better designed to reduce simulator sickness. In this paper, we expose platform design, description and the modeling aspects of a 2 DOF low cost motion platform allowing the restitution of the longitudinal and yaw movements. To enhance the drive immersion in the virtual world, a haptic feedback steering wheel will be implemented.The whole system is considered as a two coupled systems and linked mechanically. The first system consists in motorized rail for the longitudinal movement while the second system consists in motorized yaw allowing either curve-taking movement.The platform mechanics is proposed as presented in the next sections to study the driving simulator sickness on the driver and especially the yaw component. Experimental studies were made to devise a characterization of the platform capabilities and frequency responses. Experimentations were carried out for classical drive operation. First conclusion and future works are established.Index Terms-Driving Simulator design, Dynamics and Modeling.