One million euros in funding for THI project on safety in automated driving

The research project AI-SAFe - Adaptive Occupant Safety for Automated Driving at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI) is being funded with around one million euros by the Bavarian Transformation and Research Foundation. The project aims further to enhance the safety of vehicle occupants in automated driving and contribute to Vision Zero, which seeks to achieve zero road deaths.

Adaptive occupant safety for automated driving – protection tailored to the human (symbolic image: Chat GPT).

In the project, researchers at THI are developing adaptive safety systems that predictively take into account the type of accident, the occupant characteristics, and their seating position. On this basis, safety functions such as seat belts or airbags should be better adapted to the respective person in an emergency. In this way, injuries can be reduced in a targeted manner - even in new seating positions, which are made possible by automated driving in the first place.

"Automated driving not only changes technology, but also increases road safety," says Professor Thomas Brandmeier, Scientific Director of CARISSMA-ISAFE. "With the AI-SAFe project, THI and its partners are combining outstanding research in the automotive and medical fields with a clear goal: to put the protection of people at the centre of attention."

The project is managed by THI at the CARISSMA Institute of Safety in Future Mobility. Partners from science and industry are supporting the project, including Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Audi, Aumovio, ANavS, and Autoliv.

The project strengthens THI's research in the field of vehicle safety and emphasises its role as an important location for sustainable mobility in Bavaria.

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