@Article{nehaoua:tvt:2008, author = {Nehaoua, Lamri and Mohellebi, Hakim and Amouri, Ali and Arioui, Hichem and Espie, St{\'e}phane and Kheddar, Abderrahmane}, title = {Design and control of small-clearance driving simulator}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology}, year = {2008}, volume = {57}, number = {2}, pages = {736--746}, month = {March}, doi = {10.1109/TVT.2007.905336}, url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.594.1341\&rep=rep1\&type=pdf}, keywords = {Driving simulator, low clearance, motion cueing, psychophysics-based tuning}, abstract = {This paper presents a driving simulation which aim is twofold: (i) investigate the possibility to reduce motion clear-ance in order to achieve compact and low cost driving simulators, and (ii) evaluate multimodal and immersive virtual reality motion restitution in platooning driving. The choice has been made for a driving simulator having at least two degrees of freedom. These consist of the longitudinal displacement and seat rotations. The simulator is also equipped with force feedback steering wheel for virtual drive assistance. These components are gathered on a serial kinematics type platform in order to facilitate control scheme, and avoid the architecture complexity. A comparative study was made to devise a motion cueing strategy, taking into account both psychophysical and technological constraints. Experimentations were carried out for several cases combinations of longitudinal displacement and seat rotations. Index Terms \textemdash Driving simulator, low clearance, motion cueing, psychophysics-based tuning I.}, publisher = {IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC}, address = {445 HOES LANE, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855-4141 USA} }