Armin Engstle

After starting his career at BMW in 2007, Engstle joined AVL Software & Functions in 2011, responsible for vehicle and hybrid controls software. From 2015 to 2018, he led the ADAS/AD controls and software department at AVL before joining Zenuity from 2018 to 2020. Since June 2020, Engstle has been back at AVL, taking over product management for DGT perception software and managing the newly founded AVL Sensor Lab at Roding/Bavaria.

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Presentation

How to develop validated sensor models in adverse weather conditions?

To guarantee the precise validation of sensor models in harsh weather conditions, AVL has developed a weather chamber (1.700 qm) where rain and fog combined with various light conditions can artificially be generated. The weather hall allows the execution of complex, dynamic scenarios like Euro NCAP, AEB and VRU at different rain intensities, fog visibility ranges and light conditions. These scenarios can be simulated one by one in the digital twin of the weather hall including the respective weather influence. Thus good alignment of the sensor model in the simulation with the results of the real measurements can be achieved.