Engineering sciences - Transport

The Thuringian Innovation Center for Mobility at the TU Ilmenau is launching a research group that aims to make autonomous vehicles safer and road traffic more efficient.

The Thüringer Innovationszentrum Mobilität at the Technische Universität Ilmenau has launched a large-scale joint research project that promises greater safety for autonomous driving on roads and railways in complex environments. In the CONTROL project, 24 partners from research and industry, under the management of Siemens AG and Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, will develop innovative methods for the safe driving of autonomous vehicles in dynamic overall road and rail systems. The costs of the three-year, 30 million euro project are being funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy to the tune of 16 million euros.