Bertrandt’s mobile test laboratory is designed to helps developers to verify their projects with focus on safety of automated driving functions as well as driving dynamics and braking systems. The demands on the security of a vehicle are expected to significantly increase in the future. One example is highly automated driving. This is where the test lab, dubbed x-track, comes in. It has a modular structure and can be equipped with relevant test equipment depending on the application. The focus is on safeguarding complete vehicle functions in the areas of driving dynamics and stability as well as vehicle safety.
The x-track is a based on a mini bus from MAN. It can be equipped with a variety of measuring equipment, for example for brakes or steering wheels. In addition, it also has test facilities, such as for predictive pedestrian protection or emergency braking scenarios, a dGPS base station or driving robotics. The basic equipment also includes dummies, height sensors and a weather station.
The tests in vehicle dynamics and stability serve the objective acquisition and processing of measurement data for property development. The focus is on brake performance, lateral offset, yaw behaviour and roll dynamics. The test scenarios with regard to vehicle safety are based on the requirements of legislators, insurers and consumer protection organisations. The focus here is on the inspection of lane keeping systems, collision warnings and autonomous emergency braking.
“A mobile test laboratory has long been a vision of ours,” says Kai Golowko, head of vehicle safety at Bertrandt in Ingolstadt (Germany). “The ability to carry out tests flexibly and at different locations saves time and enables more efficient processes.”
Tags: automated driving, driving dynamics, vehicle safety