Robot Driver
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The Hofmann Automatic Robot Driver system utilises advanced technology and design techniques to meet the high demand of endurance testing with the precision of control for exhaust emission and performance testing.
The Robot Driver system provides automated control capability for driving vehicles on a chassis dynamometer in a variety of test applications. The modular design and use of carbon fibre materials ensures the robot is installed in the test vehicle extremely quickly. With an automated learn routine all the vehicle’s driving controls are learnt quickly and effectively. The sophisticated automation system can be fully integrated with our chassis dynamometer control system or as a “Stand Alone” unit providing the user with many benefits including:
- Rapid installation (3 mins) and auto learn
- Accurate and repeatable control of the drive cycle
- Climatic (-40°C /+50°C) as standard
- Robot control system can also control a full chassis dynamometer providing cost effective upgrade solutions
- Comprehensive scheduler creation software (drag & drop) for easy creation of drivecyles from simple to complex including calculations and conditional logic capability
- Operate under vDriver control providing ”Real World” driving situations and operation
Applications include:
- Customer specific and regulatory vehicle testing
- Vehicle exhaust emission testing
- Vehicle mileage accumulation testing
- Climatic / Environmental vehicle testing
- NVH testing
- Powertrain testing
The Robot Driver can also be used to drive the vehicle in a variety of test applications including:
- Regulatory and development emission drive cycles
- Customer specific drive cycles
- Climatic (-40/+50°C) test applications
- NVH test applications
- Endurance/Mileage accumulation – fully integrated and automated test capability with airspeed fans, automatic fuel filling systems and data acquisition systems with safety and health monitoring
- General road simulation vehicle testing
- Transmission testing
