When the dummy jumps onto the street

When the dummy jumps onto the street

The question of how modern driver assistance systems and partially, highly and fully automated vehicles at levels 3 to 5 should prove their suitability for public road traffic is a concern for legislators, traffic courts, consumer advocates, insurance companies and, last but not least, the automotive industry and its suppliers around the world. The German company Messring is the world market leader for crash test systems and their components and is working intensively to ensure that robot cars and active safety systems can demonstrate their reliability in realistic tests off public roads. The vehicle safety experts from Messring are currently presenting their latest development in the field of active safety at the Automotive Testing Expo Europe in Stuttgart. The Articulated Pedestrian Adult Target is a pedestrian dummy that corresponds to an adult in size, shape, realistic sensor signature and leg mobility. It meets all NCAP requirements, ACEA guidelines and the ISO 19206-2 standard.

With the worldwide implementation of new test protocols, the need for test equipment for active safety tests such as VRU testing, Lane Assist and AEB is continuously increasing. The new measuring ring dummy was developed precisely to meet the requirements of the protocols and to ensure easy use on the test site. The sensor signature is realistically mapped for radar, lidar, camera, infrared and ultrasonic sensors alike. The dummy impresses with its light weight and soft structure, but is also designed for collisions of up to 60km/h. The movement of the legs creates the Micro Doppler effect anchored in the protocol. The leg movement is controlled and activated simply and easily via an IP-based interface and offers quick selection of walking speeds of three, five and eight km/h. “With the Articulated Pedestrian Adult Target, we want to provide test engineers and users with an offer that is required in the current test protocols,” explains Igor Doric, Managing Director of Messring Active Safety GmbH.