TAG: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

FIGURE 3. Test Scenarios.(Figure: D. Aylor, A. Pick, P. Austin and M. Parry)

Safety testing in indoor and challenged environments

August 6, 2018

A GPS-like ground-based technology teamed with inertial measurement and driving robots to deliver the necessary accuracy when obstructions knocked out GPS as a reliable sole sensor.


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Photos: Brian J. Geiger.

Robot: Target on Its Back

August 1, 2013

A new state-of-the-art research center runs car-makers’ safety systems through their paces, in tandem with a soft-target robot that can be crash-impacted without adverse effects. Precise positioning and exact repeatability of test sequences are key criteria.


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