Animal welfare has become an increasingly important concern in the sports field. Learning horse-drawn carriage driving requires much time and effort for both the drivers and the horses because the associated gestures to avoid harming the horses are difficult to acquire. This raises the need to develop realistic simulation environments for future drivers. To this end, two haptic interface prototypes were designed, coupled with dedicated simulation software. The first was developed based on a SPIDAR haptic device and implemented simple behaviors of the carriage. A user study demonstrated interest in such a simulator, which led to the design of a second prototype, on a different architecture than the first prototype, for integrating more precise laws of horse behavior such as mood and allowing a more subtle control of forces. An evaluation with driving learners revealed that the simulator was capable of not only producing sensations close to reality but also improving the interaction between the trainer and the learner.

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一种用于马车仿真的新型触觉界面的设计与评估

动物福利已成为运动领域越来越重要的问题。学习驾驶马车对于驾驶员和马匹来说都需要花费大量的时间和精力，因为很难掌握避免伤害马匹的相关手势。这就需要为未来的驾驶员开发逼真的模拟环境。为此，设计了两个触觉界面原型，并结合了专用的仿真软件。第一个是基于 SPIDAR 触觉设备开发的，并实现了马车的简单行为。一项用户研究表明对这种模拟器很感兴趣，这导致设计了第二个原型，其架构与第一个原型不同，以整合更精确的马行为规律，例如情绪，并允许对力量进行更微妙的控制。