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Hyundai introduces Multi-collision Airbag System

Hyundai announced the development and future commercialization of the world’s first multi-collision airbag system that significantly improves airbag performance in multi-collision accidents. Current airbag systems do not offer secondary protection when the initial impact is insufficient to cause them to deploy. Hyundai’s new technology detects occupant position in the cabin following an initial collision. When occupants are forced into unusual positions, the effectiveness of existing safety technology may be compromised.

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Female Crash Test Dummy EvaRID

article imageWith data from multiple sources, Astrid Linder (VTI) proves that our cars are unnecessarily unsafe for women, simply because rear impact crash test dummies are still based on the average male. So what to do? Develop crash test dummies based on both the average female and the average male of course! Astrid Linder and her team have developed EvaRID, the first and so far only virtual average female crash test dummy in the world, to help increase traffic safety for women.

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Identifying Artificial Intelligence “Blind Spots”

article imageMIT and Microsoft researchers are developing a new system that could be used to help prevent autonomous vehicles from making mistakes. The model identifies instances where autonomous systems have “learned” from training examples that don’t match what’s actually happening in the real world, which can be used to identify which learned actions could cause costly errors. Engineers could use this model to improve the safety of autonomous vehicles.

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Analysis of Pedestrian Accidents

article imageThe Allianz Centre for Technology examines pedestrian accidents not only with a conventional view on the frequency and the avoidability, but also with a future-orientated view on the perceptibility of the sensibility of automated driving functions. For this, their own database of damages as well as numerous accident statistics have been combined, analysed information derived for the designing of assistance systems.

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European Members call for Safety and Liability Rules for Driverless Cars

article imageThey welcome the European Commission's communication "On the road to automated mobility" as an important milestone in the EU strategy for connected and automated mobility, but stress that further efforts are needed to ensure that there is sufficient funding to support the sector and that there are appropriate safety and liability rules.

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Automobil Industrie Lightweight Summit March 26 - 27, 2019 in Würzburg, Germany

article imageExperts know that lightweight design makes better cars - especially today, where we are shaping the mobility of the future. Lightweight design is not a technology that fits everywhere. Rather, it is based on the needs of the respective mobility concept. In lectures, sessions and live demonstrations, discover the key function of lightweight design on the way to a better car.

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Mcity Test Concept would assess Driverless Vehicle Safety before they take on Public Roads

article imageMcity at the University of Michigan has outlined a test track-based concept for evaluating the safety of highly automated vehicles before they’re tested on public roads that could emerge as a model for a voluntary standard for safety testing. The project comes after two highly-publicized fatalities last year stoked consumer fears about the safety of driverless vehicles, and slowed development of the technologies that have the potential to save lives.

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Distracted Driving: Cellphone manipulations up 57 Percent over prior Survey

article imageManipulating a cellphone was a contributing factor in more than 800 crash deaths on U.S. roads during 2017 amid a marked increase in the percentage of drivers observed interacting with cellphones, new IIHS research indicates. The estimated number of deaths, however, still represents a fraction of the overall crash death toll. Drivers observed in a 2018 IIHS roadside survey were 57 percent more likely to be manipulating a cellphone than drivers in a 2014 survey.

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ZF Sensor Power: Autonomous Driving with all the Senses

article imageAt CES, ZF highlighted its powerful sensor portfolio which can more accurately detect vehicle surroundings – both inside and outside of the vehicle – and thereby help to enhance the safety of conventional and automated vehicles. The resulting architecture – including a new, full-range radar, solid-state LiDAR, innovative cameras and acoustic sensors – are combined with supercomputers from the ZF ProAI product family to create a powerful overall sensor system.

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Intel's Framework for Automated Vehicle Safety Standard gainning global Acceptance

article imageEuropean auto technology supplier Valeo has publicly embraced Intel’s model for safer automated vehicle (AV) decision-making and agreed to collaborate on standards development in Europe and elsewhere. Baidu reported the first open-source implementation of Responsibility-Sensitive Safety (RSS).

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NCAP - New Car Assessment Programs: Tests, Assessment Methods, Ratings
25.02.2019 - 26.02.2019 in Alzenau
Direktor & Professor Andre Seeck - BASt - Federal Highway Research Institute EUR 1590
Material Models of Composites for Crash Simulation
05.03.2019 in Alzenau
Prof. Dr. Thomas Karall, Hof University of Applied Sciences EUR 790
NVH - Background, Practice and Simulation Methodology
07.03.2019 - 08.03.2019 in Alzenau
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Zopp - RheinMain UAS, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Jennewein - Darmstadt UAS EUR 1340
Introduction to the Python Programming Language
11.03.2019 - 12.03.2019 in Alzenau
Dr. André Backes - TECOSIM Technische Simulation GmbH EUR 1340
Euro NCAP MPDB Frontal Crash Workshop
13.03.2019 - 14.03.2019 in Landsberg am Lech
Volker Sandner - ADAC Technik Zentrum Landsberg EUR 1340
Euro NCAP - Compact
18.03.2019 in Alzenau
Ralf Reuter - carhs.training gmbh EUR 790
Ejection Mitigation FMVSS 226: Requirements - Testing - Development Strategies
19.03.2019 in Alzenau
Valentin Zimmermann - Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH EUR 790
Head Impact on Vehicle Interiors FMVSS 201 and UN R21
02.04.2019 in Alzenau
Torsten Gärtner - Opel Automobile GmbH EUR 790
Passenger Cars in Low-Speed Crashes
03.04.2019 in Alzenau
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bachem - Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences EUR 790
Side Impact - Requirements and Development Strategies
04.04.2019 - 05.04.2019 in Gaimersheim
Stephanie Wolter - BMW AG, Bart Paul Peeters Weem - BMW AG EUR 1340
Crash Safety of Hybrid- and Electric Vehicles
11.04.2019 - 12.04.2019 in Alzenau
Rainer Justen - Daimler AG EUR 1340
automotive CAE Grand Challenge 2019
16.04.2019 - 17.04.2019 in Hanau
Industry Experts EUR 980

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