When equipped with a handlebar and pedal force display subsystem, motion-generating subsystem, and visual subsystem, the interactive bicycle simulator can bring riders a realistic cycling feeling. In the interactive bicycle simulator, the most important component is the rider-bicycle dynamic model. The Newton-Euler method is adopted to formulate this model. Real-time data gathered by sensors and identified from a terrain database system are used for calculation of the rider-bicycle dynamics. Simple and effective devices are constructed and driven by the outputs of the rider-bicycle dynamic model. These devices are successfully applied to the interactive bicycle simulator.

Issue Section:
Research Papers
Keywords:
mechanical engineering computing, bicycles, interactive systems, interactive bicycle simulator, rider-bicycle dynamics, force display device, Stewart platform
Topics:
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