Autonomous driving – what exactly is it and what is the current legal situation?
It describes the movement of a vehicle without a driver. The highly developed systems take over the thoughts and actions of a human driver.
It describes the movement of a vehicle without a driver. The highly developed systems take over the thoughts and actions of a human driver.
At the ADAS training session on the proving ground in St. Valentin, truck driving instructors from Hödlmayr were able to learn more about truck driver assistance systems and test them in practice in the safe environment of a proving ground.
Watch our new video and get exciting insights into the test world of the Digitrans test center for automated driving on the proving ground in St. Valentin, Austria.
With the outdoor rain plant in St. Valentin, we are delivering the first system that allows the performance and limits of sensors and algorithms to be tested reproducibly at different rain intensities in a realistic outdoor environment. And that at the touch of a button!
A state-of-the-art road weather station supports the experts with a detailed analysis of the environmental conditions and provides a comprehensive real-time data set of the weather conditions on the Proving Ground in St. Valentin.
As part of the pioneering EUREKA project “EUREKA Test.EPS”, an extensive measurement campaign was carried out that focused on recording environmental conditions.
Tests were carried out in the Digitrans outdoor rain plant at different rain intensities and speeds.
Especially in the field of autonomous driving, it is important that the vehicle recognizes lane markings optimally. SWARCO Road Marking Systems, together with researchers from the Johannes Keppler University Linz, has tested the machine recognizability of lane markings under different conditions at the Digitrans test center in St. Valentin.
It involves the implementation of an efficient, automated on-demand shuttle service as part of a grant project. Accordingly, it is intended to provide residents of rural areas with better access to the higher-ranking public transport network.
Testing autonomous driving functions and their sensors under adverse weather conditions is an important safety criterion for the introduction of automated vehicles in Europe. Learn why it is becoming increasingly important to test these systems systematically and reproducibly.
AWARD H2020 project update: Test operation under real conditions on partly public roads in Gunskirchen, Upper Austria has started. On the approximately 600m long road section between the two companies BRP-Rotax and the freight forwarder DB Schenker Austria, an automated electric truck with test approval will be tested in real-life operation from June 12, 2023.
SWARCO Road Marking Systems has been a cooperation partner of Digitrans in the field of road marking systems since July 2021.
Since then, SWARCO’s road marking experts have been testing the readability of road markings for the sensors of modern vehicles in the Digitrans Test Center for Autonomous Driving under a wide range of external conditions.
Start of the test phase in public transport in Gunskirchen. On the approximately 600m long route between the two companies BRP-Rotax and the freight forwarder DB Schenker Austria, an automated electric truck with test approval will be tested in real operation from June 12, 2023.
The Austrian test environment Digitrans enables testing of automated driving functions under various infrastructural conditions. In this way, Digitrans is making a significant contribution to further advancing our goal, namely the establishment of an integrated and automated mobility system.
Digitrans helped us understand truck platooning as a future-proof and sustainable solution in good time. With a lot of commitment, a calculation model was created for the first time with the “Aeroptimizer”, which shows us the effectiveness of platooning for special vehicles.
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Thanks to the successful cooperation with the experts from Digitrans, we were able to expand our network on the subject of autonomous transport and thus set the right course for modern and autonomous multi-mobility.