The European Commission just signed a research agreement with some of the most important European Institutes to fund the development of innovative technologies that will make our vehicles safer and more comfortable in the next future.
The -2_WIDE_SENSE- 5 million Euro project officially started on Jan 1, 2010; during the next 3 years the research activities will focus on the development and testing of new sensors to be placed onboard vehicles, aimed at helping the perception of the surrounding environment.ADASENS (a Ficosa & Omron Company) will be the responsible for the adaptation of ADAS – Advanced Driver Assistance Systems software platforms, and for the testing of the final vehicles.