Schulich School of Engineering to use Half Cab RS-600 for road safety and driver behavior research

June 6, 2018, Salt Lake City, Utah – DriveSafety, Inc., a leading provider of advanced driving simulators today announced that it has recently installed a new research simulator at the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering. The RS-600 is the company’s most advanced research simulator and it will be used by several faculty members for academic research within the department’s Transportation Group.

“We are thrilled and excited to be working with the University of Calgary”, said Doug Evans, CEO and Founder of DriveSafety. “With the Half Cab RS-600, researchers at are now equipped with a realistic and immersive driving experience that can be used in transportation research and many other fields.”

The University has previously used a DriveSafety driving simulator in their Psychology Department and added the Half Cab RS-600 for use in the University’s School of Civil Engineering to conduct road safety and driver behavior research. Some faculty members have their sights set on using the simulator and its HyperDrive Authoring tools to conduct studies of new autonomous driving systems, comparing human driving behavior with the autonomous driving systems when confronted with the same driving scenarios.

“The new research simulator from DriveSafety opens a whole new world of possibilities for our department and others”, said Lina Kattan, PEng, PhD, an Urban Alliance Professor in Transportation Systems Optimization at the University’s Department of Civil Engineering, “Our hope is that we can use the simulator to conduct research that showcases the ingenuity of our students and faculty and attracts additional funding to our department.”

Kattan and her colleagues will work with DriveSafety to receive simulator and scenario training and integrate the simulator into their future research.

 

 

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DriveSafety provides world-class driving simulators for automotive and traffic safety research. DriveSafety also designs and manufactures advanced clinical driving simulators, providing therapists with powerful and engaging tools to assess and rehabilitate patients’ functional abilities. Veteran and active military medical centers, private hospitals and clinics use DriveSafety products to enhance the cognitive, visual and physical rehabilitation of patients with a broad range of diagnoses. The company’s simulation-based tools improve patient outcomes not only in the specialized area of driving rehabilitation, but also in general therapeutic care of patients who have suffered functional losses that impact their independence and mobility.