Citation

Eriksson A, de Winter JCF, Stanton NA. MethodsX 2018; 5: 1073-1088.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.mex.2018.08.003

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Driving simulators have been used since the beginning of the 1930s to assist researchers in assessing driver behaviour without putting the driver in harm's way. The current manuscript describes the implementation of a toolbox for automated driving research on the widely used STISIM platform. The toolbox presented in this manuscript allows researchers to conduct flexible research into automated driving, enabling independent use of longitudinal control, and a combination of longitudinal and lateral control, and is available as an open source download through GitHub. The toolbox allows the driver to adjust parameters such as set speed (in 5?kph increments) and time-headway (in steps of 1, 1.5, and 2?s) as well as automation mode dynamically, while logging additional variables that STISIM does not provide out-of-the-box (time-headway, time to collision). Moreover, the toolbox presented in this manuscript has gone through validation trials showing accurate speed, time-headway, and lane tracking, as well as transitions of control between manual and automated driving. •A toolbox was developed for STISIM driving simulators.•The toolbox allows for automated driving.•Functionality includes tracking of speed, headway, and lane.

Language: en

Keywords

Adaptive cruise control; Automated driving; Driving simulator; Highly automated driving; Human factors; STISIM; Toolbox