Summary
A human-in-the-loop simulation environment is developed to investigate the guided control of a human driver via an automated lead vehicle. The lead vehicle is following a reference velocity, while it also takes into account the velocity of the following human-driven vehicle. The graphical interface displays the automated vehicle ahead and the human operator controls the velocity of the following vehicle with a pedal. Using various control gain combinations of the automated vehicle, nine subjects carried out measurements, which show good agreement with the theoretical stability boundaries.
