EVACH Naturalistic driving and simulation testing datasets 2025

[EN] The integration of autonomous vehicles (AVs) into road transport requires robust ex-perimental tools to analyze human–machine interaction, particularly under conditions of system disengagement. This study presents the development and validation of the EVACH autonomous driving simulator, designe...

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Autores: Dols Ruiz, Juan Francisco|||0000-0003-1815-1360, López-Maldonado, Griselda|||0000-0001-9012-0599, Moll, Sara, Camacho, Francisco J.
Tipo de recurso: conjunto de datos
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/225573
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/225573
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Driving simulator
Steering system
Autonomous driving
Reliability evaluation
Auto-mated simulation
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Sumario:[EN] The integration of autonomous vehicles (AVs) into road transport requires robust ex-perimental tools to analyze human–machine interaction, particularly under conditions of system disengagement. This study presents the development and validation of the EVACH autonomous driving simulator, designed to reproduce SAE Level 2 and Level 3 driving modes in rural road scenarios. The simulator was customized through hardware and software developments, including a dedicated data acquisition system to ensure accurate detection of braking, steering, and other critical control inputs. Calibration tests demonstrated high reliability, with minor errors in brake and steering control meas-urements, consistent with values observed in production vehicles. To validate the virtual driving rural environment, comparative experiments were conducted between natu-ralistic road tests and simulator-based autonomous driving. Results showed that average speeds in simulation closely matched those recorded on real roads, with differences of less than 1 km/h and significantly lower variability. These findings confirm that the EVACH simulator provides a stable and faithful reproduction of autonomous driving conditions. The platform represents a validated and versatile tool for evaluating driver workload, takeover performance, and human–machine interaction, offering valuable support for current and future research on the safe deployment of automated vehicles.