🚗🤖 Adaptive Safety in the Age of Autonomous Driving. ➡️ How can vehicles protect people even better in the future?
This is precisely the question being addressed by the AI-SAFe research project at the Technical University of Ingolstadt.
📍 The official launch took place on March 23: The project kick-off was held at THI and marks the start of an exciting research initiative in the field of vehicle safety.
💡 Goal: To further develop safety systems such as airbags and seat belts so that they adapt in real time to occupants and accident situations—thereby significantly reducing injuries.
What makes the project special:
👉 Integration of occupant sensing, accident prediction, and biomechanical models
👉 Consideration of individual factors such as seating position, body characteristics, and movement dynamics
👉 Use of AI for predictive analysis of accidents and injury risks
🏛️ The project is led by the CARISSMA Institute of Safety in Future Mobility at THI.
Strong partners from academia and industry are supporting the project, including Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Audi, Aumovio, ANavS, and Autoliv.
🔍 This creates a completely new approach:
Safety systems no longer react only to the crash itself—they become proactive, personalized, and adaptive.
This project impressively demonstrates where the journey is headed:
➡️ From standardized protection to human-centered safety
➡️ From reactive systems to intelligent, learning
Especially in the context of automated driving, this is a crucial step toward sustainably increasing trust, acceptance, and ultimately road safety.