Gimcheon and Gyeongbuk to support projects… 5 billion won in local budget invested by 2026
Capable of performing various functional tests on inspection vehicle cameras and radar sensors

The Korea Transportation Safety Authority announced on the 27th that it will apply innovative technologies from German companies dSPACE and Dürr for regular inspections of driver assistance systems in vehicles equipped with advanced safety devices.

The agency is working with simulation and validation specialist dSPACE and machinery and equipment manufacturer Dürr to develop routine inspection methods and standards for vehicles equipped with advanced safety devices using a simulation environment.

Gimcheon City and Gyeongsangbuk-do Province signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for cooperation between participating companies and institutions through a separate event to support this project, and plan to invest approximately 5 billion won of local budget by 2026.

Vehicle monitoring organizations are actively discussing ways to ensure the reliability of these advanced driver assistance systems.

At the CITA (International Automobile Inspection Council) conference, the Korea Transportation Safety Authority presented a successful case of ADAS function testing using the Vehicle-in-the-Loop (VIL) test method developed for the first time in Korea.

The VIL test setup consists of Dürr’s patented x-road curve chassis dynamometer with acceleration, braking and steering capability and dSPACE’s radar target simulator (DA).It consists of a vehicle dynamics model (RTS·dSPACE Automotive Radar Target Simulator), a vehicle dynamics model (ASM·Automotive Simulation Model), a sensor simulation visualization solution (AURELION), and a real-time simulation platform (SCALEXIO) that operates the entire system.

With this configuration, the Korea Transportation Safety Authority can build a virtual test environment and perform various functional tests, especially on cameras and radar sensors mounted on inspection vehicles.

Various scenarios can be applied to inspect advanced safety devices utilizing cameras and radar sensors, and additional scenarios to confirm normal operation in emergency situations will also be added.

To pass the test, the test vehicle must respond in real time to new situations presented in the VIL simulation and activate the emergency braking system as needed.

For this new project, which will run until 2026, simulation and validation experts from dSPACE and test engineering experts from Dürr are collaborating with the Korea Transportation Safety Authority to develop a system that can be used for real-world vehicle inspections.

The Korea Transportation Safety Authority also plans to undertake further development to ensure that the existing initial VIL setup can be widely used on test benches across Korea, and to revise domestic inspection regulations accordingly.

The Korea Transportation Safety Authority is playing a leading role in the field of ADAS regular inspections, and many countries, including Europe and Japan, are paying attention to the development results of this project.

“With this MOU, we aim to develop a reliable and reproducible test method that can be trusted by testing organizations worldwide,” said Ahmet Karaduman, dSPACE ADAS VIL project manager.“This test bench will serve as a scalable starting point for testing highly automated vehicles of the future,” he said.

“Through our collaboration with dSPACE, Dürr will provide an innovative test bench that will increase the safety of users of autonomous driving functions, while at the same time increasing confidence in the autonomous vehicles of the future,” said Kai Künne, Product Manager Autonomous Vehicle Testing at Dürr Assembly Products.