Today Chairman of the Management of the Public and State Association “Regional Defence Sports and Technical Organization – RDSTO (DOSAAF) of the Republic of Tatarstan” Radiy Zaripov and Chairman of Management of Kazan municipal organization RDSTO DOSAAF RT Eduard Ivanov tested a dynamic driving trainer for KAMAZ chassis in Technopark “Idea”.
Specialists of company RDSTO DOSAAF gave their recommendations to developers of auto trainer for its improvement.
Dynamic driving trainer for KAMAZ chassis is designed to educate drivers of category “C” to form and maintain their stable driving skills in different landscape, road and weather conditions, and also in conditions of dense urban traffic.
The main characteristics of the trainer:
1. Realism:
- KAMAZ factory cab has all controls and monitoring devices;
- KAMAZ factory cab has a visualization of the environment on the LCD panels, completely covering the area of the windscreen and side windows of the cab;
- Dynamic platform simulates the acceleration experienced by the driver during acceleration, braking and cornering, and also road surface roughness;
- A mathematical model creates a realistic vehicle dynamics.
2. Wide range of exercises:
- Initial training is carried out on a standard autodrome;
- Automated autodrome is realized in detail according to new rules of the road 2009;
- A city model has roads with total length more than 30 km, complex interchange, crossroads and intensive traffic;
- Mountain road;
- Country road.
3. Weather conditions: rain, snow, fog and icy.
4. There is control of all items of the rules of the road according to methodology of State Inspectorate of Road Traffic Security.
5. There is control of training process from instructor working place.
This trainer was developed by company “Intelligent Design” LLC (IDES) with support of JSC “KAMAZ”, TECHNO STROY “OLIMP” and Technopark “Idea”.
The company IDES is a Russian company which is one of the leading system integrators in the area of software development. The company specializes in the latest world achievements in the field of professional intelligent technologies, automation, visualization and virtual reality systems. IDES uses these achievements in various fields of human activity.
The company works closely with Kazan Physical and Technical Institute, Kazan (Privolzhky) Federal University and several other research centers and companies. The priority of the company is to study and use of innovative technologies, tools and methods in the field of IT. Besides creating auto trainers for driving training of trucks “KAMAZ” the company IDES has developed a line of auto trainers for educate drivers to drive passenger cars for auto schools, auto classes and other school and educational institutions. At the end of the first quarter in 2010 the planned line of auto trainers has 32 varieties. At the present time tractor trainer “MTZ-80”, bus “LIAZ”, trolleybus and tramway are being on development stage.
The all line of driving trainers is made with all requirements to educational process and in different price categories. In different models are realized elements of feedback, kick of wheel, various types of dynamic platforms, the vehicle cabs with all-round visibility, tracker systems, VR trainers with virtual reality helmet.
Studies on the auto trainers promote rapid driving training of a beginner driver, making practical driving skills and strengthening “muscular memory”. The auto trainers can reduce the training time of driving and vehicle wear.
Source: tpidea.ru