Robocars, EV's Put Testing Industry To The Test

A test car operated by a robot crashes into a soft-sided electric vehicle. Robot-operated cars that smash into soft-sided sitting ducks, glass capillaries that help detect leaks and mountable gizmos for capturing data. Those are among the myriad testing methods on display at the recent Automotive Testing Expo in Novi, Mich. Testing for all sorts of things has always been important in the auto industry. But the advent of autonomous vehicles and advanced driver assist systems, or ADAS, has added both a new urgency and new challenges for companies who make their money conducting such tests, analyzing test data or creating testing systems.