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

Research Fields

Working on a wide range of topics in various research fields, the Fraunhofer IVI is well-equipped to face the important challenges of our time.

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Overview of the Research Fields

Intelligent Transport and Mobility Systems
Autonomous Systems
Vehicle and Propulsion Technologies
Electromobility
Energy Systems
Civil Protection and Security
Process Data Analysis

Intelligent Transport and Mobility Systems

Data Systems and Travel Assistance

  • Mobile public transport navigation
  • Traffic-oriented GIS systems and data integration
  • Concepts for the mobility of the future
  • Digitalization in rural areas
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Ticketing and Fares

  • Electronic and mobile ticketing
  • Innovative tariff systems for public transport and revenue calculation
  • Modeling and simulation of tariff systems
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Transportation Systems/ Transport Planning

  • Transport network models and operation concepts for public and private transport
  • Lifecycle cost analyses and benefit-cost analyses
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Identification of Traffic Situations

  • Data acquisition for road planning
  • Live camera system for traffic data acquisition
  • Detection and prognosis of traffic jams
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Transportation Ecology

  • Traffic-related environmental studies
  • Analysis of traffic-related immissions
  • Evaluation of restrictive measures
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Synchronized Mobility

  • Highly automated driving
  • Autonomous driving functions
  • Intelligent traffic management
  • Conntected transport mode
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Communication, Information, Positioning

  • Communication technologies and systems
  • High-precision positioning
  • Automation
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Cooperation and Infrastructure Assistance

  • Analysis and information
  • Communication and cooperation
  • Infrastructure assistance for automated driving functions
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Autonomous Systems

helyOS® Control Tower Software Framework

  • Software framework to build application specific online control centers
  • Implementation of generic automation tasks on the vehicle side
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Motion Planning and Control

  • Cooperative motion planning, trajectory coordination and disturbance handling
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Automated Agriculture

  • Digitalization, smart farming and ecosystems
  • Electrification and automated charging
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Vehicle and Propulsion Technologies

Propulsion Technologies

  • Drivetrain development
  • Alternative propulsion systems (hybrid, electric)
  • Energy management and auxiliary control
  • Operation concepts and consulting
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Vehicle Technologies

  • Systems integration for vehicles
  • Air-conditioning concepts
  • Public transport simulation
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Vehicle Control and Sensor Systems

  • Automated lane guidance
  • Electronic multi-axle steering systems
  • Test vehicles with measuring equipment
  • Navigability analyses
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Vehicle and Road Safety

  • Driving simulation
  • Modeling of accidents
  • Analyses of accident data
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Electromobility

Autonomous Systems

  • helyOS® Control Tower Software Framework for Mobile Machines
  • TruckTrix® Motion Planning and Control
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Vehicle Energy Storage Systems

  • Battery system development
  • Mobile and stationary energy storage systems
  • Grid integration of charging processes
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Remote Battery Monitoring

  • SOC and SOH monitoring
  • Safe and secure data transmission and storage
  • User-specific data evaluation
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Charging Technologies

  • Energy transmission and infrastructure for public transport vehicles
  • Concepts for the implementation of electric vehicle fleets
  • Accompaniment in the registration of new components
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Energy Systems

Self-Sufficient Utility Systems

  • Renewable heat and energy production
  • Energy management
  • Functional integration
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Stationary Energy Storage Systems

  • Grid-balancing energy storage
  • Hydrogen production using excess electricity
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Energy Supply in Public Transport

  • Second-life battery concepts
  • Opportunity charging of electric buses
  • Peak shaving
  • Primary control reserve
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Civil Protection and Security

Planning and Operation Command

  • Design of strategic and operative planning software
  • Software systems for hazard prevention
  • Social media analyses
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Infrastructure Management

  • Optimal maintenance planning
  • Concepts for predictive maintenance
  • Simulation of long-term maintenance strategies
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Social Media-Based Risk Assessment

  • Evaluation of free data streams with regard to emerging risks
  • Big Data applications

Process Data Analysis

Digital Business Processes

  • Development of digitalization strategies
  • Analysis of data streams
  • Optimization methods using Big Data approaches
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Logistics

  • Robust and dynamic route planning
  • Online optimization under uncertainty
  • Realtime-capable algorithms and systems
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Optical Measurement Systems

  • Infrared thermography in human and veterinary medicine
  • Methods of automated data processing
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