Paul van Straten
Significantly accelerate verification of level 4+ automation

Significantly accelerate verification of level 4+ automation

August 18, 2022
With the release of Simcenter Prescan 2206, we introduce massive simulation capabilities enabling the industry to take a giant leap in the transitions towards level 4+ automation.
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Autonomous vehicle development at scale

Autonomous vehicle development at scale

March 25, 2022
Simcenter Prescan, the best physics-based simulation platform, on desktop, cluster and cloud, for autonomous vehicle development, announces the release of...
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Continuous Automotive Test Innovation within Simcenter Madymo Receives Industry Recognition

Continuous Automotive Test Innovation within Simcenter Madymo Receives Industry Recognition

November 26, 2021
Siemens Simcenter Madymo has been awarded the ‘Crash Test Innovation of the Year’ for 2021 by the Automotive Testing Technology...
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Accelerate innovation with next generation design to keep the showroom fresh

Accelerate innovation with next generation design to keep the showroom fresh

October 27, 2021
A new era of transportation is here. Technologies such as advanced driver-assistance systems, autonomation, and electrification are taking the industry...
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Test autonomous vehicles with custom algorithms in OpenSCENARIO designed experiments

Test autonomous vehicles with custom algorithms in OpenSCENARIO designed experiments

October 26, 2021
Siemens announces the release of Simcenter Prescan 2021.3. To better test autonomous vehicles, this release introduces External Controller support for...
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Accelerate innovation to unleash next generation designs

Accelerate innovation to unleash next generation designs

October 19, 2021
We have entered an era of unprecedented change in the automotive industry. Technology megatrends are gathering pace, driving to accelerate...
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Accelerate product development and drive innovation

Accelerate product development and drive innovation

October 1, 2021
The latest automotive revolution is underway. As electrification, advanced driver-assistance systems and full automation take off carmakers are scrambling to...
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Get on the road to full automation with a digital transformation.

Get on the road to full automation with a digital transformation.

September 24, 2021
It is estimated that the autonomous vehicle (AV) market will be worth a staggering $7 trillion dollars by 2050. These...
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Develop the autonomous technology of the future

Develop the autonomous technology of the future

July 21, 2021
Disruptive innovations in the automotive industry continue to increase. The focus is now on overcoming the challenges that autonomous vehicle...
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Autonomous Vehicle innovation, be armed with the right tools

Autonomous Vehicle innovation, be armed with the right tools

July 8, 2021
As shifting customer demand and disruptive innovations continue to increase, advanced assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicle innovation are becoming...
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Accelerated Product Development through digitalization

Accelerated Product Development through digitalization

July 2, 2021
We are living in an age of disruptive innovation with new technologies changing the entire landscape of the industries. Especially...
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Unreal Physics-Based Camera simulations in Simcenter Prescan C++

Unreal Physics-Based Camera simulations in Simcenter Prescan C++

June 29, 2021
Siemens announces the release of Simcenter Prescan version 2021.2, the best physics-based simulation platform for testing and development of automated...
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Simcenter Madymo 2021.1 – Scaling goes global

Simcenter Madymo 2021.1 – Scaling goes global

June 22, 2021
The problem today: Crash tests were first introduced in 1947. Since this time human body proportions have changed significantly. The...
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Autonomous vehicle technology is becoming a reality

Autonomous vehicle technology is becoming a reality

May 28, 2021
A revolution is taking place in the automotive industry. Autonomous vehicle technology is on the rise and the race to...
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eBook: Develop safe Autonomous Vehicles that protect human lives

eBook: Develop safe Autonomous Vehicles that protect human lives

March 23, 2021
Download the eBook that outlines the trends and challenges that the automotive industry is facing today to develop autonomous vehicles
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Accelerate HiL development with VeriStand 2020 support

Accelerate HiL development with VeriStand 2020 support

March 9, 2021
Simcenter Prescan, announces the release of version 2021.1 with new HiL development capabilities and the new OpenDRIVE exporter.
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With autonomous technology on the rise, how can automakers face the transformation?

With autonomous technology on the rise, how can automakers face the transformation?

March 8, 2021
There is a clear trend in the market for driverless automotive systems: the direction is upwards. Autonomous vehicles’ (AVs) sales...
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Tire modeling for functional safety compliant vehicles

Tire modeling for functional safety compliant vehicles

March 3, 2021
MF-Tyre/MF-Swift is now classified according to ISO26262, making the tool suitable for developing functional safety compliant vehicles. Further, release 2021.1...
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Lead the revolution of Autonomous Vehicle Development

Lead the revolution of Autonomous Vehicle Development

February 8, 2021
For the automotive industry, the future has already arrived and an extraordinary transformation has come with it. Since men created...
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Autonomous vehicles enter a validated future

Autonomous vehicles enter a validated future

December 14, 2020
An introduction to multibody based human body model use in autonomous vehicles research - altrnative seating position validation.
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Simcenter Prescan 2020.4 -Create more realistic images

Simcenter Prescan 2020.4 -Create more realistic images

November 30, 2020
Siemens announces the release of Simcenter Prescan 2020.4, the physics-based simulation platform for testing and development of automated vehicles. This...
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Automated driving system assessment – Siemens partners with IVEX

Automated driving system assessment – Siemens partners with IVEX

November 23, 2020
Siemens and IVEX are collaborating to create the most streamlined toolset available in the market for automated driving system assessment.
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Five Ways to Maximize the Value of IESF Automotive

Five Ways to Maximize the Value of IESF Automotive

November 18, 2020
IESF Automotive 2020 Since its inception two decades ago, IESF Automotive has been a calendar staple for automotive design engineers...
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Validation of lidar simulation – Partnering with XenomatiX

Validation of lidar simulation – Partnering with XenomatiX

November 11, 2020
Recently during our lidar simulation webinar, we introduced a new physics-based lidar sensor in Simcenter Prescan. This new sensor follows...
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The evolution of integrated occupant safety systems

The evolution of integrated occupant safety systems

November 3, 2020
Siemens continually demonstrate the power of using digital twins. In the automotive industry, digital solutions of occupant safety systems can...
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Lidar systems simulation and validation

Lidar systems simulation and validation

October 29, 2020
The Siemens Digital Industries Software division is working hard to develop high end simulation tools. Tools that can help customers...
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Integrated safety systems development – Faster and easier

Integrated safety systems development – Faster and easier

October 13, 2020
As Autonomous Driving (AD) continues to push the outer envelope in technological advances it increases the need for new integrated...
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Tire modeling made easy with off-the shelf parameter sets

Tire modeling made easy with off-the shelf parameter sets

October 7, 2020
Testing services for tire modeling are relatively cost intensive and require a specific throughput time. By making pre-defined tire model...
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Introducing temperature and velocity dependent tire modeling

Introducing temperature and velocity dependent tire modeling

September 8, 2020
With release 2020.2 the Simcenter Tire team introduces the explicit modeling of the effects of temperature and velocity on the...
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Simcenter Prescan introduces a new physics based lidar simulation plugin

Simcenter Prescan introduces a new physics based lidar simulation plugin

September 1, 2020
Simcenter Prescan, the best physics-based simulation platform for testing and development of automated vehicles, announces the release of version 2020.3....
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Autonomous Vehicle Development from Chip to City (Part 2)

Autonomous Vehicle Development from Chip to City (Part 2)

August 10, 2020
Autonomous vehicle development – Where mobility meets tomorrow Autonomous vehicles (AVs) combine multiple sensors, computers and communications technologies to ensure...
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Autonomous Vehicle Development from Chip to City (Part 1)

Autonomous Vehicle Development from Chip to City (Part 1)

July 7, 2020
Autonomous vehicle development cannot be successful without simulation. Digital twin capabilities ‘from Chip to City’ will make the difference in...
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Autonomous vehicle safety assurance – Testing and certification

Autonomous vehicle safety assurance – Testing and certification

July 1, 2020
Automotive companies are fully engaged in the development and delivery of safe automated driving systems. Despite the significant technological progress...
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Improving Autonomous Valet Parking with simulation and testing

Improving Autonomous Valet Parking with simulation and testing

June 9, 2020
Autonomous valet: the future of parking Autonomous valet parking (AVP) systems in passenger cars will be among the first “driverless”...
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Prescan 2020.2 release presents a new hardware-in-the-loop solution compatible with NI hardware

Prescan 2020.2 release presents a new hardware-in-the-loop solution compatible with NI hardware

June 3, 2020
Simcenter Prescan, the best physics-based simulation platform for testing and development of automated vehicles, announces the release of version 2020.2. This release introduces the Hardware in the Loop simulations with National Instruments Hardware
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Pedestrian safety systems improvement using the latest TB024 dummy models

Pedestrian safety systems improvement using the latest TB024 dummy models

May 26, 2020
Pedestrian safety systems design Have you ever noticed that the engines of modern cars have plastic covers and are overall...
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High fidelity simulation using Simcenter Prescan C++ Simulation interface

High fidelity simulation using Simcenter Prescan C++ Simulation interface

April 20, 2020
With the release of Simcenter Prescan 2019.3, the C++ simulation interface was introduced, making it possible for users to run simulation without need for Matlab Simulink. This on demand webinar goes into this capability a little bit deeper and offers additional insight with use cases.
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The “UrbanSmartPark” Project – Intelligent parking solutions in urban areas

The “UrbanSmartPark” Project – Intelligent parking solutions in urban areas

April 1, 2020
This year Siemens have taken part in a recently started project „UrbanSmartPark“, exploring several questions in the domain of automated / smart parking. This is the first publication of a series of blogs about the project.
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How to eat the autonomous driving verification elephant?

How to eat the autonomous driving verification elephant?

November 14, 2019
Siemens launches the Simcenter Prescan360 solution to unlock orchestrated cluster-based simulation for large scale virtual verification. Over the next several...
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Accelerate vehicle performance verification for autonomous driving systems

Accelerate vehicle performance verification for autonomous driving systems

January 14, 2019
  Join me on the 31 st of January for a free webinar on how you can generate confidence in vehicle performance verification for ADAS and autonomous driving systems using Siemens Digital Indus...
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