Systems and methods for vehicle braking and collision simulations using human passengers

A system, comprising:

• a seat platform configured to be secured within a vehicle such that the seat platform is located on or above a seat of the vehicle, the seat platform configured to be controllably displaced relative to the seat in at least a forward direction towards the front of the vehicle while having a passenger disposed on the seat platform during a deceleration simulation that includes displacing the seat platform having the passenger disposed thereon from an initial position toward the front of the vehicle;
• one or more sensors configured to gather sensor data indicative of spatial characteristics of the passenger during the deceleration simulation, wherein the one or more sensors includes at least one sensor of the vehicle;
• and
• a computing system configured to, by one or more processors:
• receive the sensor data from the one or more sensors;
• generate simulation input data based on the sensor data, wherein the simulation input data include a plurality of data points indicative of movements or positions of the passenger as sensed by the one or more sensors at a first sample rate;
• and
• modify the simulation input data to change the first sample rate to a second sample rate, wherein the second sample rate has a time domain associated with a real-time vehicle braking event, a real-time collision event, or a real-time braking and collision event.