C-ISAFE indoor test area

The C ISAFE indoor test facility combines active and passive vehicle safety with a unique and flexibly usable infrastructure. It enables a holistic, integrated testing approach to shorten development cycles and efficiently validate innovative safety concepts.
The development of modern integrated vehicle safety and assistance systems, as well as safe driving functions for automated driving, requires precisely definable yet highly realistic test conditions. The state of the art C ISAFE indoor test facility is multifunctional and offers ideal conditions for conducting driving, sensor, and crash tests. It enables the testing of new sensor systems, algorithms, and safety functions under controlled environmental parameters.
A key advantage of the indoor design is the ability to reproducibly simulate adverse weather conditions. In addition, collisions can be reconstructed, and crash tests can be carried out using a wire-rope-based crash test system. 
In addition to standard crash tests against various barriers (small overlap, 30° wall, ODB, etc.), the crash test system can also be used to conduct non standard crash tests such as car to car impacts and multi collision scenarios. Furthermore truck underride tests and undercarriage collision tests for battery housings can be performed. Moreover, the system can be equipped with a sled setup to study occupant kinematics, assess loads under different crash or deceleration pulses, and evaluate the performance of safety components such as seatbelts and airbags.
Both static sensor tests and highly dynamic driving tests can be carried out on the test area. To recreate complex traffic scenarios, driving robots, motion platforms, and various targets such as bicycle and pedestrian dummies, vehicles, and additional soft crash dummies are available. Both longitudinal scenarios with oncoming traffic and intersection scenarios can be implemented.
The hall is also equipped with a special indoor positioning system that serves both as a reference system for various sensors and as the basis for position controlled, automated driving tests. A unified timestamp additionally enables synchronization of all units under test.
Within the sensor compatible test environment, various weather conditions can be simulated. The C ISAFE rain system, fog system, and a light simulator generate reproducible disturbances for the vehicle’s environment sensors, allowing vehicle safety systems to be pushed to their limits and examined systematically. Naturally, vehicles and sensor systems can also be tested in night time scenarios under low light conditions.

Usage options

• Short‑term rental: You want to test your systems? Feel free to contact us for further information and a tailored offer that meets your specific requirements.
• Research and development support: You need support in developing systems, components, or functions, or would like to use the facility for test campaigns and require additional technical expertise? We provide comprehensive assistance as per your needs in conducting and evaluating your tests. Contact us for further information and an offer tailored to your needs.
• Funded projects: You are planning a publicly funded project or proposal in the fields of vehicle safety, automated or autonomous driving, innovative mobility, or related areas? Reach out to us. We are available as competent partners for application‑oriented research and development.
   

Examples of use

• Crash tests with complete vehicle and components
• Continuous crash tests (with pre-crash phase)
• Vehicle tests with rain and fog
• Selective disturbance of environmental sensor technology with rain and fog
• Accident situations for validation of predictive vehicle safety functions with camera, radar, lidar sensors etc.
• Cooperative vehicle safety functions with networked sensor systems and Car2X