AI for driving simulator vehicles and accident events

Charissis, Vassilis; Arafat, Sachi; Patera, Marianne; Christomanos, Christodoulos; Chan, Warren

Abstract

A synthetic driving simulation environment requires a fleet of intelligent vehicles which can perform manoeuvring decisions in real-time and mingle orderly to form mixed traffic environments. The development of a driving simulator was part of a bigger project that evaluated a prototype Head-Up Display (HUD) interface. We therefore opted for a custom simulator that could effectively adapt to the needs of the given experiment. This paper presents the challenges we encountered during the implementation of realistic artificial intelligence (AI) in the traffic vehicles, which produced the analogous complexity driving events. A discussion follows regarding the design and modelling challenges of the robot drivers involved in the simulated accident scenarios. The paper discusses the outcomes of the user trials, suggests solutions to intriguing problems that derived from the experiment and reveals the phasma of our future work.

Citation

Charissis, V., Arafat, S., Patera, M., Christomanos, C., & Chan, W. (2007, February). AI for driving simulator vehicles and accident events. Presented at AIAP'07: 25th conference on Proceedings of the 25th IASTED International Multi-Conference: artificial intelligence and applications, Innsbruck, Austria

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: AIAP'07: 25th conference on Proceedings of the 25th IASTED International Multi-Conference: artificial intelligence and applications
• Start Date: Feb 12, 2007
• End Date: Feb 14, 2007
• Publication Date: 2007-02
• Deposit Date: Jul 7, 2023
• Pages: 133-138
• Book Title: AIAP'07: Proceedings of the 25th conference on Proceedings of the 25th IASTED International Multi-Conference: artificial intelligence and applications
• ISBN: 9780889866294
• Keywords: artificial intelligence; modelling behaviour; driving simulation; human machine interaction; human computer interaction; head up display; collision avoidance
• Publisher URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1295303.1295326