Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems IVI
Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems IVI

Safely automated

...by wayside infrastructure monitoring and V2X communication

Fraunhofer Application Center »Connected Mobility and Infrastructure«

The Fraunhofer Application Center »Connected Mobility and Infrastructure« focuses on current and future topics of automated and cooperative driving. By means of wayside protection systems and a high-performance car-2-infrastructure communication, safety risks of partially and fully automated traffic flows should be reduced and overall traffic become more efficient.

Diverse competences in the fields of sensor technology, communication and artificial intelligence are combined, fostering synergies with the Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI) as well as the local industry, and aiming for close cooperation with the city of Ingolstadt and its partners. 

Existing research infrastructures at the THI and the Fraunhofer IVI as well as the planned urban test field for intelligent mobility IN2LAB in Ingolstadt will serve as a basis for the application center.

Plans for the coming years include the development of further technology fields in the areas of autonomous systems, digitalization of transport as well as vehicle and road safety.

Application Fields

Infrastructural safety assurance of traffic

  • Cooperative environment perception
  • Vehicle and infrastructure data fusion
  • Interaction with »Vulnerable Road Users«

Traffic control and management

  • Optimization of traffic flows
  • Cooperative maneuvers
  • Analysis of traffic and accident data

Function monitoring of vehicles and infrastructure

  • Measurement systems for condition monitoring
  • Sensor monitoring, detection of defective functions and re-calibration
  • Life cycle prognosis
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ALBACOPTER®

Urban Air Mobility and autonomous flight

  • AI-based environmental and situational awareness
  • Intelligent trajectory planning
  • Mission-AI and autopilot

News

 

5.9.2024

ALBACOPTER® has landed at ILA BERLIN

Sustainable aviation, future-oriented techonology for armed forces, space applications for protecting the Earth, and new air mobility concepts are the focus topics of this year's ILA, which is held from June 5 to 9 in Berlin. Under the roof of the Fraunhofer AVIATION & SPACE Alliance, more than ten Fraunhofer Institutes are presenting their newest developments in the abovementioned fields. 

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New Research Manager at Fraunhofer IVI

Once again, committed researchers had the opportunity to present their projects at the Fraunhofer Headquarters in Munich at the final event of the exclusive continuing education program to become a “Fraunhofer Research Manager”. The program aims to professionalize research management within strategic areas of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. With this year’s topic “business model innovation”, six teams of colleagues from various institutes developed innovative solutions for a more modern, sustainable, and efficient economy.

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Safe and efficient traffic in the Ingolstadt Innovation Lab

Within IN2Lab, a project with a duration of 3.5 years, the »First Mile« test field was established at Lake Auwaldsee in Ingolstadt, and a security system for automated driving functions was developed. The final event on January 24 in Ingolstadt clearly highlighted that the test field has enriched the mobility region with an open, urban development, and demonstration platform for 5G-based mobility applications.

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Selected Projects

 

KonSensData

Within the scope of the project, a mobile sensor unit has been developed. This sensor unit acquires and analyzes data, thus providing the basis for intelligent infrastructure and enabling the integration of infrastructure data in traffic and risk analyses for connected mobility.

 

IoT-COMMs »Smart Intersection«

The Smart Intersection cooperative environment perception system gives support for the fast detection and, simultaneously, for the correct assessment of traffic situations required for autonomous driving.

 

Ingolstadt Innovation Lab - IN2Lab

The most important project objectives include the development of infrastructure sensors for environment perception, V2X communication technologies for networking vehicles, infrastructure and backends, as well as a mission control system for monitoring and control purposes.

Job Vacancies

 

Jobs and Thesis Topics for Students