The VIL testbed was designed to experiment repetable and faulty scenarii with autonomous cars. The environment and vehicle dynamics are simulated and the road grip is reproduced by a bi-directionnal 4WD testbed.
The complete electronic architecture of the vehicle and the robotics tasks are tested in real-time. As all of the inputs of the control algorithms are provided as in the reality, we can easily diagnose and improve the behavior of the robot before testing it on tracks.