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Renault has been developing driving simulators for over 10 years. They are used for ergonomics and advanced engineering studies at Renault as well as for road traffic research, human factor studies and driver training in different labs and companies in Europe (especially in France, the UK, Sweden and Norway). These simulators use SGI and/or PC image generation technology with up to 6 graphics channels and motion seat or platforms for kinaesthetic rendering. The real time simulation software, SCANeR© II version 1.3, currently includes-among others-simulation session initialisation and monitoring, vehicle dynamics, traffic generation, visual and kinaesthetic modules.

The traffic generation software allows the user (ie the experimenter) to describe and initiate real time traffic with autonomous vehicles. Up to several hundred vehicles can be rendered using a traffic management system and several state machines standing for the different vehicles. The SCANeR© II software has already been used in experimentation needing comprehensive scenarios or designed traffic situations.