Research services

The DLR Institute of Transportation Systems cooperates in many projects with companies and other research institutions.

We offer our project partners the opportunity to use our research infrastructure for their experiments.

Below is an overview of special services. Please contact us if you have any questions!

ATO Testing: Validation of perception and automation solutions in simulation

Autonomous railway functions require reliable environmental perception. Modern sensor and positioning systems form the backbone of environmental perception – yet validating them under real-world conditions is challenging. Our laboratory offers [...]

CMTrain – Condition Monitoring with In-Service Trains

CMTrain means monitoring the condition of the track infrastructure during operation. With this innovative and efficient method, regularly operating rail vehicles are equipped with sensors that make additional measurement trains superfluous. We face a major challenge in the [...]

GEMSTAR – GEoMetry based Sensor simulation Toolchain for Automotive and Rail research

Thanks to modern scenario-based verification and validation tools, the market readiness of SAE/GoA Level 3 to 5 automation systems is within reach. The GEMSTAR simulation framework offers manufacturers, authorities, [...]

KeepMoving

KeepMoving is the modular system developed by the DLR Institute of Transportation Systems, which receives, stores and processes mobility data and uses it to provide mobility services. KeepMoving offers data management, processing and service modules, dashboards, apps and interfaces for user interaction and data exchange. The basic components developed are continuously expanded on a project- [...]

RailSiTe® ETCS testing – efficient solutions for complex railway tests

Traditional field tests in the railway sector take a long time, are complicated and require extensive hardware work. This can significantly delay and increase the cost of developing and validating railway control and safety technology. Our RailSiTe® ETCS testing offers an innovative solution to [...]

RTO-Testing: Validation of Remote Operating Concepts and Operator Workstations in the Simulation

Remote Train Operation (RTO) transfers key control and monitoring tasks from the train to the control centre. To ensure that such operating modes can be safely and efficiently integrated into regular service in a way [...]

SCENIMINI - Scenario Mining in Traffic Data

SCENIMINI automatically interprets vehicle movement data and processes it in such a way that it can be easily reused in the form of a knowledge base. SCENIMINI thus provides the foundation for the development and validation of automated driving functions, for measures to improve traffic safety, and for research into the behavior of road users.

SUMO – Simulation of Urban Mobility

The open source software SUMO enables the improvement of traffic through a realistic simulation of vehicle, passenger and freight movements. The agent-based and multimodal traffic simulation offers high efficiency and scalability, as well as versatile tools and interfaces for flexible solutions, including the cloud. SUMO uses various map and [...]

Test Bed Lower Saxony – Innovation laboratory for the mobility of the future

The constantly growing number of vehicles on our roads brings with it a multitude of challenges: traffic jams, accidents and environmental pollution are just some of them. Conventional transport systems are reaching their limits and there is an urgent need for innovative [...]