INDIANAPOLIS (September 05, 2024) – Nearing its 20-year anniversary, Purdue University’s Transportation and Autonomous Systems Institute (TASI) in Indianapolis is continuing to work toward enhancing safety for drivers, pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users such as e-scooter riders.

INDIANAPOLIS (August 10, 2024) – The new entity is called the Center for Electrified and Automated Trucking (CEAT). As part of the NSF’s Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers (IUCRC), this center combines the best of academia with the best of industry partners and government agencies, advancing the science of freight hauling through multiple avenues.

INDIANAPOLIS (February 2, 2022) – The School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI has been named a grantee of the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s 2021 University Center Economic Development Program Competition to support its work advancing the next generation of electrified and autonomous vehicles.

INDIANAPOLIS (July 22, 2020) – Toyota and Hebei Pride today announced a new license agreement to commercialize standardized safety testing systems for the development and validation of automotive automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems. The agreement is the first license from Toyota IP Solutions, which launched in late 2019 to broaden access to Toyota’s world leading patent portfolio.

INDIANAPOLIS (April 11, 2019) - Autonomous vehicles are being tested on city streets. Car manufacturers are already adding automated features to their high-end models, but when will driverless cars become common? Whether it's years or decades, the safety measures for these cars are being developed and improved daily in the labs of Yaobin Chen, professor of electrical and computer engineering.

INDIANAPOLIS (June 20, 2017) - IUPUI's Transportation Active Safety Institute, or TASI, has worked with Toyota's Collaborative Safety Research Center on advanced test targets for bicyclist pre-collision systems. Its next project will explore driving features called "road-departure detection and control."

INDIANAPOLIS (March 30, 2015) - Steve is a moving dummy (also known as a mannequin) that stands in for a pedestrian crossing a road. Mannequins like Steve – which come in adult and child sizes – mimic different walking speeds and angles to allow for realistic testing situations.

This technology was developed through a partnership of Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) and Ohio State University. The study used data from volunteers of all shapes and sizes—including children— to develop a groundbreaking pedestrian mannequin – “Steve” – that is contributing unique technologies for future safety testing. Additionally, you can watch Steve in action on YouTube right here.

INDIANAPOLIS (August 13, 2017) – The future of self-driving vehicles is in full swing. Indianapolis may be a key player when it comes to developing the future technology. IUPUI has partnered with Toyota to work on a road departure test and method development project. They are one of eight universities across the country at work on 11 different projects. Inside IUPUI’s Transportation Active Safety Institute, or TASI for short, students and researchers are able to use a simulator to test various scenarios. Additionally, a youtube video produced by WishTV can be found here.