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Impact of Human-Centered Vestibular System Model for Motion Control in a Driving Simulator
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems IEEE Trans. Human-Mach. Syst. Human-Machine Systems, IEEE Transactions on. 51(5):411-420 Oct, 2021
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Robotics and Control Systems
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
General Topics for Engineers
Computing and Processing
Force
Stability analysis
Mathematical model
Irrigation
Control design
Tuning
Vehicle dynamics
Autonomous driving (AD)
driving simulators (DSs)
human motion perception
model predictive control (MPC)
motion cueing algorithms
Language
ISSN
2168-2291
2168-2305
Abstract
This study presents a driving simulator experiment to evaluate three different motion cueing algorithms based on model predictive control. The difference among these motion strategies lies in the type of mathematical model used. The first one contains only the dynamic model of the platform, while the others integrate additionally two different vestibular system models. We compare these three strategies to discuss the tradeoffs when including a vestibular system model in the control loop from the user's viewpoint. The study is conducted in autonomous mode and in free driving mode, as both play an important role in motion cueing validation. A total of 38 individuals participated in the experiment; 19 drove the simulator in free driving mode and the remaining using the autonomous driving mode. For both driving modes, substantial differences is observed. The analysis shows that one of the vestibular system models is suitable for driving simulators, as it thoroughly restores high-frequency accelerations and is well noted by the participants, especially those in the free driving mode. Further tests are needed to analyze the advantages of integrating the chosen vestibular system model in the control design for motion cuieng algorithms. Regarding the autonomous mode, further research is needed to examine the influence of the vestibular system model on the motion performance, as the behavior of the autonomous model may implicitly interfere with subjective assessments.