Research Facilities

The centre offers students and partners the opportunity to access elite research facilities from across six leading Australian universities:

Advanced Driving Simulator

The Advanced Driving Simulator incorporates a complete Holden Commodore vehicle with working controls and instruments. The Advanced Driving Simulator uses AVSimulation SCANeR™ studio software with eight computers, projectors and a six degree of freedom (6DOF) motion platform which can move and twist in three dimensions.

When seated in the vehicle, the driver and passengers are immersed in a virtual environment which includes a 180 degree front field of view, simulated rear view mirror images, surround sound for engine and environment noise, real car cabin and simulated vehicle motion. This software enables the testing of various driverless car scenarios to inform our research.

ZOE2: Australia's most advanced automated car

The ZOE2 electric Cooperative and Automated Vehicle is Australia’s first Level 4 automated light vehicle. ZOE2 is permitted to drive on open roads at normal speeds (manual driving mode) in Queensland and up to 50km/hr in automated driving mode in certain areas. Designed by Institute VEDECOM, ZOE2 is equipped with multiple sensors (LiDARs, radar, stereo-camera, etc.) to record and interact safety with its environment. ZOE2 is an important and innovative research platform to collect and analyse data which will inform future transport policy.

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DynaMix-FM: Dynamic mixed reality environment for future mobility

The Dynamix-FM project will support research on new generations of connected and automated transport systems to anticipate the challenges of future transport systems. This future mobility proving ground will provide an innovative framework that integrates the physical testing environment with a digital testing environment, allowing them to be used together to enable the best attributes of each to be applied to solve important issues identified by the transport community.

Autonomous Shuttle Bus

The autonomous shuttle bus nUWAy is based on an electric shuttle bus with drive-by-wire from Ligier, France, without any of the high-level driving and navigation systems by EasyMile. All autonomous navigation and path planning has been designed and implemented by Renewable Energy Vehicles under Ubuntu Linux and the ROS operating system.

The Genesis Simulator

Deakin’s $9 million Genesis Simulator is the only one of its type in Australia and the only one in the world located in a university. It offers an immersive simulation experience via a 360-degree, five-metre-high screen and variable virtual worlds. High-fidelity graphics, sounds and movement work together to create driving simulations that are as real as possible.