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In the "Mobility" transfer center, the research team is working on modeling and simulation technologies for virtual product development of vehicles.

Modeling and Simulation for Virtual Product Development of Vehicles

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Transfer Center »Mobility«

In the »Mobility« transfer center, the research team works on modeling and simulation technologies for virtual product development of vehicles. The capabilities available at the site for real-time simulation (e.g. in the driving simulator RODOS®, the virtual reality laboratory or the simulation framework FERAL) as well as for highly accurate geo-referenced environment digitization are unique.

For more than nine years now, these competencies have been successfully applied and continuously developed in industrial and research projects in the fields of »autonomous and automated driving«, »optimization of traffic systems«, »development, validation and virtual testing of new mobility approaches« and »AI-based vehicle modeling«, among others. 

 

Focus Areas at a Glance

  • Autonomous and automated driving
  • Optimization of traffic systems
  • Development, validation and virtual testing of new mobility approaches
  • Interactive simulation (vehicle-environment-human interaction, incl. pedestrian simulation)
  • Digital environment data and usage variability 
  • Ergonomics in the context of automated driving
  • Design and development of AI tools to support simulation
  • IT support for Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), especially for efficient variant simulation in virtual parameter studies

Projects

  • MaRDI – Mathematical Research Data Initiative
  • ML4Safety– Safeguarding Machine Learning Algorithms for Safety-Critical Functions
  • ODPfalz II – Open Digitization Alliance Palatinate II [Website only available in German]
  • EMMA4Drive – dynamic human model for autonomous driving
  • V&V Methods – verification and validation methods of automated vehicles level 4 and 5
  • VIRQKO – virtual qualification components
  • AMOSCO – AI-based vehicle modelling for simulation and control development

Cooperations

Among others, we cooperate with fleXstructures, TRIWO, Volvo CE, John Deere, CVC Südwest, Segula Technologies GmbH, :em engineering methods AG, VW Nutzfahrzeuge, Daimler, Volvo, Aras Corporation and Contact Software GmbH.

Multi-Level Generation of Environment Models at the Fraunhofer ITWM

The generation of realistic environmental models to validate modern assistance systems can be based on high-precision measurement data, such as from measurements taken by the institute's own »REDAR«measurement vehicle. However, an innovative approach also offers the special feature that valuable results can be generated even without detailed measurement data. Based on the VMC® database, which contains worldwide, georeferenced data on roads, topography, land use and traffic, digital maps and realistic three-dimensional environments are generated without having to carry out measurements on site.

As an example of a possible use case, you can explore TRIWO 's Pferdsfeld Automotive Test Center in the web demo, which you can also experience in our RODOS driving simulator.

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