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Simulator

Overview

This page describes the specifications of the simulator used in the AI Challenge.

The simulator is based on the open-source autonomous driving simulator "AWSIM" developed for Autoware.

Vehicle (Racing Kart)

The vehicle conforms to the specifications of the EGO Vehicle in AWSIM and is designed with specifications close to an actual racing kart.

vehicle-appearance

Parameters

The following table summarizes the vehicle parameters.

Item Value
Vehicle Weight 160 kg
Length 200 cm
Width 145 cm
Front Wheel Diameter 24 cm
Front Wheel Width 13 cm
Front Wheel Tread 93 cm
Rear Wheel Diameter 24 cm
Rear Wheel Width 18 cm
Rear Wheel Tread 112 cm
Maximum Steering Angle 80°
Maximum Acceleration 3.2 m/s^2

Vehicle Component

The following table summarizes the settings of the Vehicle component. For detailed information of the setting items, see this manual.

Item Value
Vehicle Settings
Use Inertia Off
Physics Settings (experimental)
Sleep Velocity Threshold 0.02
Sleep Time Threshold 0
Skidding Cancel Rate 0.236
Input Settings
Max Steer Angle Input 80
Max Acceleration Input 3.2

Rigidbody Component

The following table summarizes the settings of the Rigidbody component. For more information, see this manual.

Item Value
Mass 160
Drag 0
Angular Drag 0

CoM Position

CoM (Center of Mass) is the mass center of the vehicle Rigidbody. The CoM position is set at the center of the vehicle and at the height of the wheel axles.

side-view-of-com

top-view-of-com

Vehicle Collider

Vehicle collider is used to detect collision between the vehicle and other objects or checkpoints. The vehicle collider is created based on the mesh of the vehicle object.

body-collider

Wheel Colliders

The vehicle has a total of four wheel colliders - one for each wheel, simulating the vehicle on a four-wheel model, rather than a kinematic bicycle model.

wheel-collider

The Wheel Collider is set as follows. For more details on wheel colliders, please refer to this manual.

Item Value
Mass 1
Radius 0.12
Wheel Damping Rate 0.25
Suspension Distance 0.001
Suspension Spring
Spring (N/m) 35000
Damper (N*s/m) 3500
Target Position 0.01

Sensor Configuration

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