Vehicle dynamics
Chassis, suspension, tire and damper tuning with a human in the loop rather than pure simulation.
Motion for DIL simulators Put a driver back
in the loop.
In a DIL simulator, the driver's inputs feed a vehicle model. The model drives the platform and the visuals. The loop only teaches the car something if what the driver feels is what the model actually said — which is a statement about transport delay, not about stroke length. The Portal Development Kit (PDK) is a development kit for the motion end of that loop.
Development Kit: early-access hardware, software in active development.
The loop
The driver reacts.
The car learns.
Because the platform moves through all six axes rather than two, it reproduces the surge of braking, the sway of a lane change and the heave of a curb strike together. Separating those cues — giving pitch and roll and approximating the rest — is where a driver stops trusting the rig, and a driver who does not trust the rig gives you data about the rig.
Development uses
Three kinds of study, one platform.
ADAS and AV research
Put a driver in front of your sensor and decision stack to study handover, edge cases and comfort.
HMI and human factors
Evaluate displays, controls and motion comfort under scripted motion cues you can re-run between sessions and subjects.
Where it sits
Lab scale. Said plainly.
This is a research-grade platform at lab scale. It is not a proving-ground rig, not a full or dynamic driving simulator, and not a certified test facility — and it is priced accordingly.
Your toolchain
Drive it from your vehicle-dynamics model over the open interface. It takes six-axis pose commands over UDP; connecting your model and tools is your integration work.
Who it is for
University automotive laboratories, small and mid-size R&D teams, and Tier-1 groups who need a driver in the loop more often than a proving ground allows.
What it costs
Development-kit price: the PDK $4,899.99 and the PDK Racer $6,299.99, published openly rather than quoted. The development-kit price for your country, and what it includes, is on the order page.
Keep reading
Latency
The page this whole discipline turns on: which two points, measured how.
Closed-loop control
Why a loop that closes on the motor shaft is only as good as what comes after it.
Talk to us
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Every build starts with this platform. The PDK + ARK Ecosystem finishes it — racing chassis, wheelbase, wheel, load-cell pedals and button box, development-kit price $8,499.99.
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Built to allocation · ready to ship an estimated 3–6 months from order confirmation; delays of up to 12 months are possible