Researchers Choosing Realtime Tech’s Driving Simulators
Burney Simpson
A Michigan-based provider of driving simulation technology announced recently a number of international contract wins and that it had become part of an influential driverless transportation research group.
In March, Realtime Technologies, Inc. (RTI) joined the University of Michigan’s Mobility Transformation Center (MTC) Affiliate Program that is developing a commercially viable system of connected and automated vehicles.
RTI markets desktop and on- and off-road simulators, including a graphical, hierarchical, real-time simulation & modeling system; a stand-alone digital collection & review system; a Motion Drive Algorithm (MDA) providing tilt coordination; and a high-fidelity, multi-body, real-time vehicle dynamics model.
“Our tools enable a graphical, real-time simulation and modeling system that can help everyone involved in (the MTC program) truly understand how this technology will work in the real world,” Heather Stoner, RTI’s Senior Project Manager, said in a statement.
Realtime’s sales to university researchers have been strong in the first half of 2015. The Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay will use RTI’s simulators to help it evaluate transportation and driving issues in India. The University of Puerto Rico took delivery of RTI’s SimVista, SimCreator, and SimSimulator desktop systems. And the University of New South Wales Australia and the University of Sydney ordered 11 RTI network simulators.
Next month, RTI will be at the 8th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment Training at Snowbird in Salt Lake City, Utah. Visitors to the RTI booth will be able to drive its next-generation open cockpit simulator. Running from June 22-25, the symposium is an interdisciplinary forum for users of driving assessment tools, applications and technology.
Realtime Technologies is a division of Arotech Corporation (ARTX), a defense and security products and services company that provides interactive simulation for military, law enforcement and commercial markets; and power systems and batteries for the military, commercial and medical markets.
In the first quarter Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Arotech reported a net loss from continuing operations of $483,000 on revenues of $24.2 million.