Depertment
Department of Vehicle Technology (K616)

The Kabinátor project builds on the department's experience with vehicle simulators. The project focuses on the operator's cabin of cranes and other similar service machines, combining virtual and augmented reality with hardware elements from real machines. The project was supported under the TAČR call and is implemented in cooperation with designers from 1to1design. The resulting simulator is intended to support the development and design of new cabins, especially through the use of objective methods (e.g., eye tracking; operator's gaze tracking) and the display of prototypes in virtual reality, e.g., for the purpose of optimizing the view. The simulator will also be usable for creating custom training simulators for 1to1design customers, specifically the buyers of the designed cabins.

Program:

TAČR Alfa (national project)

Project Duration:

2014 - 2016

Project Acronym:

REVISED

Annotation:

Road safety from the perspective of the driver's ability to respond to stimuli in the immediate vicinity of the road, i.e., measuring their reactivity in relation to common traffic signs and the ability to safely control the vehicle in both normal and frequently occurring critical situations. Objective assessment and quantification of visual distraction of motor vehicle drivers, especially due to passive attention attraction by external visual stimuli, whose sources are various types of visual advertising devices.

Project Goal:

This methodology, along with the vehicle simulator, can be used to investigate the useful visual field of drivers with unspecified limitations and especially senior drivers. The subject of the methodology is to define scenarios and events and implement them using virtual reality to objectively evaluate the driver's abilities in terms of natural limitations of their visual field (drivers with various health limitations and senior drivers). The objective assessment involves examining the ability to respond to stimuli in the immediate vicinity of the road using an eye-tracking system.

Additional Information:

https://k616.fd.cvut.cz/projekty/revised/index.html

The need for zero-emission vehicles is becoming an increasingly relevant topic due to the planned restrictions on internal combustion engines after 2035 promoted by the EU. Currently, hydrogen-powered buses and passenger vehicles are already available on the market, and the infrastructure needed for their operation is also expanding. The current state of knowledge suggests that this technology will also be applicable to other types of small vehicles. The aim of this project is to contribute to the research of hydrogen fuel cell use and prepare its application for commercial use in the field of sustainable mobility. Over two years, a functional sample of a single-track vehicle with a drive system consisting of hydrogen fuel cells will be developed.

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The aim of the project is to develop and build a modular platform for testing HMI, alternative drives, new technologies, and design solutions in the field of light urban vehicles.

The Evgen project is being developed at the Department of Transport Means of the Faculty of Transportation Sciences, CTU. The project is supported and financed not only by the department but also by other partners, for example, through support from the faculty and other commercial partners. Long-term financial support for the project has been provided by Škoda Auto a.s., and additional material support or support in the form of custom manufacturing and consultations on used solutions has been provided by Kaipan, Auto-Roch, and Resacs.

The light urban electric vehicle Evgen falls within the parameters of the L7 vehicle category, i.e., a heavy quadricycle, which must have a closed body and a maximum of four seats. The vehicle's weight without crew and without batteries (in the case of the electric variant) must not exceed 450 kg. The vehicle's power will be around 11 kW, and the maximum speed should approach 90 km/h.

The vehicle's modularity has been addressed from the beginning of the design, where the chassis platform was approached in the form of welded structural profiles, on which various drive units, energy storage, and the entire body shape can be adapted to specific research requirements. The primary focus on HMI testing ensures a modular, simple solution for an adaptable interior.

The project has been in progress since 2019, and since then, a number of bachelor's and master's theses have been dedicated to solving this project. For example:

BP Ing. Michal Cenkner - Construction of the frame of a city electric vehicle

DP Ing. Michal Cenkner - Design package and construction of a light urban electric vehicle

DP Ing. Ondřej Veselý - Passive safety of electric vehicles

DP Ing. Tomáš Sommer - Design of the drive of a light urban electric vehicle

Contact:
Team leader Michal Cenkner - cenknmic@cvut.cz
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A project focused on the possibilities of automatic monitoring of aggressive and dangerous drivers of motor vehicles.

link to ASLAN website

The full name "Training Center for Truck Drivers Equipped with an Advanced Interactive Simulator with the Ability to Monitor and Analyze Psychophysiological, Psychological, and Performance Parameters", is a project solved by a consortium consisting of Pragolet s.r.o., DEKRA Automobil a.s., and the Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences, supported by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic. Based on this project, a joint laboratory with a truck simulator – Mobile Truck Simulator DekTruck was established.

Development of an advanced vehicle simulator for the purpose of driver training in driving schools.

link to TRESBSD website