The primary season of Westworld had scenes in a high-tech basement the place humanoid robots had been repaired after being “killed.” It was fairly cool, and slightly creepy. Consider it or not, the crash-test dummy lab at Magna’s cavernous R&D facility in Sailauf, Germany appears very related. Much less sinister, although… until you’re a million-dollar model marked for dying.
A few of Magna’s crash check dummies are, the truth is, price over 1,000,000 bucks. And if you wish to be fancy, you possibly can name them Anthropomorphic Take a look at Gadgets (however we received’t). Dummy or ATD, there’s much more to those human-shaped data-gathering instruments than floppy arms and warning tape stripes. We obtained the chance to step into the corporate’s crash lab throughout a tour lately, and now you get the uncommon likelihood to peek contained in the respawn level for a similar crash dummies which have validated numerous vehicles for crashworthiness.
Magna isn’t a reputation model that informal automotive appreciators will essentially know, nevertheless it’s probably the most prolific within the biz. It’s what’s often known as a tier-one provider; it performs an enormous vary of capabilities for automotive firms you do know and drive.