The Driving Simulator

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The driving simulator is the main component of the “Norwegian Centre for Studies of Road User Behaviour”. The centre is based on a cross-disciplinary environment at SINTEF and NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) including expert knowledge of traffic, road design, IT, medicine, psychology and educational science.

The driving simulator includes the following equipment

Graphic, combined truck- and passenger car simulator
Equipment for measuring driver behavior

- Smart Eye Pro - remote real time Eye Tracker with three cameras
- Four channel video-recorder and multiplexer
- Equipment for Heart rate registration

The driving simulator is used both for educational and applied research purposes:

Scientific Research and Education

Scientific Research
Education at University level; MSc (NTNU)
Doctoral Studies (PhD / Dr. ing.)

Applied Research

Driver Capabilities
Driver Training Methods
In -vehicle ICT solutions
Traffic Regulation and Road Design
Traffic Medicine

The following video is a demonstration of our heavy vehicle simulator. It was made as a part of the GOFER-project.

Published February 24, 2012

Terje Moen

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