Bike Emulator
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Date
2024
Authors
Masa Lubbadeh
Raya Hindi
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Biking is a widely popular sport that people enjoy. Yet outdoor cycling can be challenging
especially in Palestine due to many obstacles like bad weather, dangerous roads, safety concerns
triggered by occupation, or simply not feeling like going outside. BikeEmulator is an enhanced
bike that combines sport and entertainment, it provides the user with a complete outdoor cycling
experience, but from the comfort of their home or a preferred location, featuring integrated
drive emulation technology. Our objectives for this project include enhancing the enjoyment of
biking activities, enabling indoor cycling experiences, and delivering a complete outdoor riding
experience. We began the process with a normal bike that we fixed using a base we designed,
connecting the bike to sensors, actuators and a controller. Using the readings from them we
managed to make the experience more realistic. Laser and LDR sensors are used to determine
the speed of the bike, another sensor is used to detect the direction of the steering, stepper
motors are used to control break and Shift cables, and for more realistic experience, a fan on
the bike will blow air on the biker manually or based on the surrounding temperature.
The user will ride it like a normal bike, the actions performed will be mirrored into the drive
simulation, data will be displayed on LCD screen for the user to view, it includes heart rate
and the time spent playing. From a keypad the user can select the preferred play mode, there’s
also a flashlight feature if the bicycle detects dim lighting.
Combining drive simulation with stationary gym bikes already exists, but it doesn’t provide
a full experience like ours. In our bike, the user has the ability to steer left and right in the
simulation, in addition to controlling braking actions.