In brief
- At the Automotive Testing Expo 2024 we showcased our latest innovations including cybersecurity frameworks, TAP updates, and the Andromeda and scenᴀʀɪ.Lux tools
- Booth visitors got to see emulation of GPS data for security testing, faster and more secure TAP features, and a web-based tool for validating embedded platforms
- Read on to gain insights into Zoreza Global's innovative automotive testing solutions and to learn where to see our cutting-edge solutions for vehicle cybersecurity, automated testing and scenario generation
The exhibition booths have been dismantled, but many impressions of this year’s Automotive Testing Expo remain: In Stuttgart, Zoreza Global presented an extract of the latest technologies and innovative approaches for testing and validation of automotive systems.
If you couldn’t make it to the Expo or didn’t have the chance to visit our booth, don’t worry! We’ve got you covered, in this article you’ll find all the highlights from what we presented at this year’s exhibition.
Cybersecurity test framework — how to emulate GPS data
With global connectivity on the rise, cybersecurity has become one of the most critical issues of our time — this is also true within the automotive world. So, cybersecurity testing is a growing area in the validation of automotive systems.
At the Automotive Testing Expo, Rabih Arabi, head of connected vehicle testing, and Marco Manfredi, solution architect for connected vehicle testing, showed that functional and security testing for wireless-related protocols can be performed by applying a shift-left approach to save time and money. Zoreza Global’s compact test bench setup emulates jamming and spoofing attacks of telematic units by performing simulated attacks with emulated GPS data.
The GPS coordinates can be emulated via the test framework to fool the system into perceiving a false location. Our booth visitors were able to see how the detected vehicle’s location changed from Stuttgart to Paris — or any other place. And who wouldn't want to go to Paris in seconds? Also, emulation of a vehicle’s movements and velocity can be performed. With this approach, safety-critical functions, such as geofencing features, can be tested without the dependency on fully integrated vehicles or the necessity of purchasing expensive emulators.
If you want to know more about Zoreza Global’s capabilities in cybersecurity testing, contact Abdallah El Masry, our expert for cybersecurity and penetration testing.
New features of Zoreza Global’s Test Automation Platform (TAP)
Last year, Nikolay Chertkov, head of IVI testing and tooling at Zoreza Global Automotive, introduced TAP and demonstrated its functionality on real test benches.
This year, Nikolay presented the newest version of TAP: The usability of the tool has been simplified and accelerated. TAP now enables video streaming with a latency of less than half a second. The application programming interface (API) now has a four times faster response time, and tasks are executed twice as fast. Additionally, the security level has been increased; TAP now has ID service and role-based access control (RBAC) integrated. The traceability and visibility of performed tests has also been enhanced — it’s now also available inside the tool because all systems and user events can automatically be logged. Another new component of TAP that premiered at the expo is the automated testing of instrument clusters.
Find out all about the main features of TAP and try out the guest mode here.
The cybersecurity demonstrator showing how GPS signals can be emulated
Heiko Ruth (l), Nikolay Chertkov (m) and Marco Manfredi (r) in front of the TAP demonstrator
Andromeda — a journey into the testing galaxy
Sugandar Swetharanyam, head of automotive in-vehicle platform (IVP) cluster, and Ragavendran Murugaiyan, chapter lead for IVP, presented a web-based tool that evaluates the preconditions for successful testing of embedded platform applications. Considering the classic and adaptive AUTOSAR workflow, the framework detects and fills gaps between software products and processes. The Andromeda automation framework processes validation and consistency checks of various system outputs. Beyond that, it automatically generates test specifications, test applications, restbus simulations and test reports. Furthermore, it supports AUTOSAR integration through automated configurations. The tool provides one common platform for all automation applications and acts as a client’s own automation app store.
Andromeda delivers huge benefits: It accelerates integration activities, verifies platform functionalities automatically and — due to the detection of gaps — reduces errors in the integration and validation process. Andromeda can be used to extend existing platforms and it can easily be integrated into build environments. Contact us to find out how Andromeda can improve your integration workflow.
Presentation of scenᴀʀɪ.Lux
The creation of scenarios for virtual validation of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous drive (AD) systems requires deep domain knowledge and coding skills. To eliminate the need for such time-consuming scenario modeling, Zoreza Global has developed scenᴀʀɪ.Lux — an AI-based tool that generates scenarios based on text input. The automated transformation of text-based scenario descriptions into 3D simulations enables the creation of hundreds of thousands of machine-executable scenarios with ease.
At the Automotive Testing Expo, Jens Lorenz, senior solution architect for AD, presented scenᴀʀɪ.Lux in a live demo at our booth. By using a web interface, visitors were able to create their own driving scenarios in seconds.
scenᴀʀɪ.Lux increases efficiency in virtual validation, enabling ad hoc scenario generation for 3D simulations. Dive deeper into the world of AI-based scenario creation here.
Jens Lorenz (right) explaining scenᴀʀɪ.Lux
Real-world scenario extraction
Heiko Ruth, head of sensor and system testing, presented the first results of Zoreza Global’s collaboration with MicroVision. While Zoreza Global offers data acquisition and ingestion, MicroVision provides an auto-annotation tool for LiDAR data. In combination with Zoreza Global’s simulation capabilities, an end-to-end validation toolchain has been realized: From reference sensor setup to final evaluation, a seamless workflow is at your fingertips.
On the perception level, the toolchain offers conventional performance analysis of a device under test (DuT) by comparing the ground truth (GT) data from auto-annotation with the sensor system’s perception within the simulation process.
On the function level, an innovative approach of automated scenario extraction from GT has been developed. MicroVision’s auto-annotation provides static lane markings and road boundaries, dynamic objects, their trajectories and object types. By combining this information with automatically detected maneuvers, scenarios that reflect real-world conditions can be generated. Load up the scenarios into scenᴀʀɪ.Lux, and a wide variety of scenarios can be derived — to test functional behavior under realistic and varying conditions.
Watch this video to learn more about this flexible way of creating realistic scenarios.
In-vehicle infotainment (IVI) meets interior sensing
User interfaces and user experience (UI/UX) in today’s software-defined vehicles are becoming increasingly relevant with the offering of more and more in-vehicle entertainment features and growing display sizes. At the same time, automakers must ensure that these features do not distract drivers. A driver monitoring system (DMS) can do that.
Dr. Wolfgang Stolzmann, head of interior sensing, and Dr. Imran Wajid, solution architect for interior sensing, presented a DMS based function within Zoreza Global’s IVI demonstrator. If the co-driver watches a video on the passenger side of the pillar-to-pillar display and the driver also starts looking at it, the DMS function automatically pauses the video. The video is only resumed when the driver stops looking at it. Algorithms from our partner emotion3D form the basis for this functionality. An in-cabin camera monitors the head and eye movement of the person in the driver’s seat. Visitors to our booth were invited to have a seat and experience the functionality themselves.
The IVI demonstrator impressively showcases today’s ability to enhance user experience (UX) — at the same time emphasizing the importance of DMS functions and Zoreza Global’s capability to integrate such solutions off the shelf.
Demonstrating real-world scenario extraction (front) and Zoreza Global’s Andromeda tool (back)
Wolfgang Stolzmann (right) explains the DMS function integrated in the IVI demonstrator
After exhibition is before exhibition
Take a seat in our IVI demonstrator and learn more about our capabilities in interior sensing and UI/UX development, even if you missed this year’s expo: Join us at Car.HMI, June 26 – 28 in Berlin, where we will present all the user experience features of our pillar-to-pillar display in detail — also in the context of driver distraction detection.
Gregor Matenaer
As Head of System Test and Validation, Gregor is responsible for the main sales and project management center for advanced driver assistant systems (ADAS) sensors (radar, multi-purpose camera, stereo camera and fusion platform). He's been expanding his experience in ADAS since 2002 — having managed the development of a first-generation radar fusion platform at a well-known tier 1 automotive corporation. He previously co-founded CMORE Automotive, focusing on AI-driven development after seeing the opportunity to bring ADAS/AD development and testing to a new level.
