National Advanced Driving Simulator
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The National Advanced Driving Simulator at the University of Iowa
was the largest ground vehicle driving simulator
in the world till 2007. Since November 2007, the Toyota one is the largest with the same technology.
It was developed from 1996 till 2001 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) to conduct human factors
research on driver's behaviour.
The simulator consists of a dome with a vehicle cab inside. The vehicle is attached to a motorized turntable that allows the dome to rotate and simulate different driving conditions. Large excursions in longitudinal and lateral directions are used to give accelerations and motions cues to the driver inside.
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
was the largest ground vehicle driving simulator
Driving simulator
Driving simulators are used for entertainment as well as in training of driver's education courses taught in educational institutions and private businesses...
in the world till 2007. Since November 2007, the Toyota one is the largest with the same technology.
It was developed from 1996 till 2001 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is an agency of the Executive Branch of the U.S. government, part of the Department of Transportation...
(NHTSA) to conduct human factors
Human factors
Human factors science or human factors technologies is a multidisciplinary field incorporating contributions from psychology, engineering, industrial design, statistics, operations research and anthropometry...
research on driver's behaviour.
The simulator consists of a dome with a vehicle cab inside. The vehicle is attached to a motorized turntable that allows the dome to rotate and simulate different driving conditions. Large excursions in longitudinal and lateral directions are used to give accelerations and motions cues to the driver inside.