Testing software for automated driving is a challenge in many aspects. After all, autonomous vehicles must be equally safe for passengers and all other traffic participants. An enormous amount of testing is required to ensure this safety. It is important to consider that if changes are made to the software, the test series starts all over again. Such a massive testing volume can simply no longer be managed efficiently with physical tests and real prototypes. A paradigm shift towards virtualization is the logical next step.
Safety
ADAS/AD functions must be safe for everyone.
Costs
Scenario-based testing is very efficient.
Sustainability
Reduce your environmental footprint by using fewer physical prototypes.
Virtualization
Creating virtual test scenarios requires expertise and time.
Thanks to the intuitive graphical user interface, you can easily create various test scenarios yourself with Scenario Designer. Every scenario is based on map data in ASAM OpenDRIVE format. In addition, you are provided with a catalog of different road users - from pedestrians to bicycles and cars to trucks - as well as 20 conditions and 25 actions. This allows you to model a wide variety of traffic situations. The integrated scenario playback function allows you to check and adjust the individual scenarios during the design process.
Scenario Designer supports the ASAM OpenSCENARIO standard. All scenarios can therefore be reused in a wide variety of test environments. From simulation to proving ground.
Road Library & Road Builder
You can import road networks from various sources into the Scenario Designer Road Library. These can be existing roads extracted from measurement or map data, but also application-specific designed roads. In addition, the Road Builder add-on allows you to create typical road segments such as slip roads or intersections from parameterizable templates in a matter of seconds.
Integrated Scenario Playback
Supports live scenario editing and allows you to review scenarios while you design them.
Integrated Into the AVL SCENIUS™ Toolchain for Scenario-Based Testing
Scenario Designer is seamlessly connected to the AVL SCENIUS™ Scenario Data Manager. This enables company-wide collaboration when creating and managing scenario catalogs in a shared database. At the same time, the SCENIUS toolchain offers an end-2-end workflow for scenario-based testing and reliable validation of automated driving functions.
What will the vehicle of the future look like? It will be electrified in some form, sure. But most importantly, it will be equipped with a variety of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and the driver will be able to fully rely on the vehicle through autonomous driving (AD).
The biggest challenge is to gain drivers' trust in the technology by...
SCENIUS is a holistic solution for scenario-based ADAS and AD safety testing and validation.
How can you tell whether an automated driving function is safe in all situations? To answer this question with certainty, billions of test kilometers would be required. A more efficient and sustainable solution is virtual scenario-based testing.