The University of Memphis hosted a high fidelity driving simulator (RDS-500) located in Engineering Science Building Room 112A. This laboratory is under the supervision of Dr. Sabya Mishra. He is an Associate Professor and Faudree Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Memphis. The purpose of this lab is to conduct state-of-the-art researches in Transportation Engineering, Human Factor Studies, Modeling Driving Behavior, and etc.
RDS-500 is a research drivingsimulator developed by Realtime Technologies, which uses the robustsoftware developed for high-fidelity research simulators. This simulator has anoperator station laptop and a high-end simulation computer with one 55-inch HDmonitor and a USB-based steering wheel and pedal set along with 5.1 surroundsound audio system.
RDS-500 supported by powerful Softwares, SimDriver, SimCreator DX, and SimVista, allowing simulation scenario development.
RDS-500 allows researcher to measure the effet of different component on driving behavior.
SimCreator is a graphical simulation and modeling system. At the top level is a graphical user interface that allows placement and connection of various components. Each component can either be a group made up of additional components, or a C/C++ Code component. Once a model has been developed it can be simulated and the results plotted.
SimVista is a tile-based scene and scenario authoring system offers the tools to create comprehensive simulation scenarios. The SimVista GUI allows draging and droping objects into virtual world and bringing them to life by scripting their behaviors. SimVista’s exposed software architecture allows you to control nearly every aspect of the simulation at runtime.
SimCreator DX allows researchers to rapidly develop scenarios with pre-defined configurable behaviors called maneuvers. SimCreator DX allows users to observe the current state of the SimCreator simulation through graphical displays and detailed data views. It is intended to be the primary tool used for development, tuning and experimenter of Experiments.
112A Engineering Science Building
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN 38152
Email: smishra3@memphis.edu
Phone: +1 (901) 678-5043
Fax: +1 (901) 678-3026