New test field for connected mobility systems

TUM

In the future the Technical University of Munich (TUM) will have its own test field for its mobility research. The facility in Taufkirchen/Ottobrunn near Munich will make it possible to investigate complex traffic scenarios under laboratory conditions. The laboratory will also support research on the interaction of the autonomous traffic systems of the future and their safe and standardized operation. The State of Bavaria is providing financial support to the project.

Four Men out of research, industry and politics. — (from left to right: Prof. Rudolf F. Schwarz (Managing Director IABG), Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann (President of TUM), Christian Bernreiter (Bavarian Minister of Transport) and Prof. Klaus Bogenberger (Chair of Traffic Engineering and Control at TUM) at the signing of the agreement.

Bavarian Minister of Transport Christian Bernreiter and TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann signed a corresponding declaration at the ministry. The Bavarian government will provide 500,000 euros for the first phase. The test field, with a surface area larger than a soccer field, is already under construction. Industry partner and construction principal of the facility is the development corporation Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG); TUM will rent the test field.

Transportation minister Christian Bernreiter says: "I'm very glad to further expand our collaboration with TU Munich. It's important that we conduct empirical research on the transfer of concepts relating to autonomous driving. This is true in particular when it comes to the safe interaction of the various kinds of motorists and different systems. In addition, as the Bavarian ministry for construction we are also very interested in the innovative and especially sustainable asphalt concept used for the test surface."

TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann observes: "This modern test field is an important contribution to sustainable, intelligent mobility. Here we are uniting cutting-edge research with the conception of future-oriented transportation systems, ranging from vehicle, sensor and communication technologies all the way to the societal implications of electrified autonomous mobility. We want to create urban transportation for a sustainable future, working together with the business sector and a socially responsible policy approach."

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