Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Kunikazu Negishi

Satoru Ichihashi

Masayoshi Kai

Takeshi Masaki

Ryuichi Okamura

Hiroaki Wada

An apparatus for simulating a ride on a vehicle has a base, and a simulated vehicle body which is supported on the base with a freedom of two-axis rotation about a rolling axis and a pitching axis. A pair of linear actuators are disposed in a position offset to one side in an axial direction of one of the rolling axis and the pitching axis, e.g., offset to one axial side of the rolling axis relative to the pitching axis. The actuators are disposed symmetrically relative to a plane which crosses the pitching axis at a right angle and which includes an axial line of the rolling axis. A fixing member and a movable member of each of the actuators are coupled to the base and the simulated vehicle body, respectively, through universal joints.

Apparatus for simulating ride on vehicle

A control program for controlling an object such as a machine tool, a robot, or the like is composed of an actuator program, a step program, and a logic program. The actuator program defines the input-output relationship of each actuator of the object based on a basic operation pattern. The step program defines the step-wise operation of said actuator. The logic program defines logic conditions such as an interlock condition.

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Saitama-ken, Japan

Kunikazu Negishi