In safety engineering, every detail matters. An unintentional variation can change dummy kinematics. Learn how to use CMM in a closed-loop workflow to ensure accurate positioning every time.

Safety simulation can model vehicles, predict structural performance, and evaluate thousands of scenarios quickly. But if engineers aren’t careful, they’ll design for “averages” instead of real people. HBM can help.

Customers and partners joined us at our proving ground in St. Valentin, Austria, for a day dedicated to one thing: experiencing active safety testing where it happens.

Simulation is essential to modern safety development. But many teams struggle with placing confidence in their data. Learn how high-fidelity virtual dummy finite element models enable virtual-physical correlation.

Human body shapes are changing. Traditional datasets are no longer sufficient. Learn how modern 3D body scanning enables designers to capture real population diversity and use it to make better products for customers.

Your outdated body data is holding you back. Discover how 3D body scanning and initiatives like SizeEUROPE, Size NorthAmerica, and SizeWorld CHINA, deliver accurate anthropometric data for better design, fit and ergonomics.

With ever-increasing virtual test simulations being required, labs are generating massive amounts of data. It’s harder than ever to quickly pinpoint the root cause of an injury exceedance. Learn ways to make use of, not drown in, your data.

New vehicle architectures and evolving regulations often require new lab workflows. But how do you balance new investments with using the proven equipment you already have? Learn how to retrofit your lab with connected data.

CAE teams are often relying on inefficient manual workflows. Even with advances in validated dummy models and problem solvers, two engineers can position a dummy and get different results. Here are some proven ways to fix these challenges.

All over the world, shipbuilders are experiencing delays and increased development times. RAMSIS can reduce costs by allowing teams to design and validate ergonomics and safety; all before expensive physical mockups are created.

On November 20th, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) officially introduced the THOR-5F, the most advanced female frontal crash test dummy ever developed.

Redefining safety for the age of intelligent mobility, Volvo’s groundbreaking adaptive safety belt, one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025, protects every body like never before, showcasing how innovation and collaboration are reshaping protection for all.

CAERI has set a new benchmark in vehicle safety by adopting the THOR-AV-50M ATD in its C-IASI protocol. Partnering with Humanetics and global Tier-1s like Yanfeng and Autoliv, the team is redefining safety standards for “zero gravity” and reclined seating positions.

The automotive industry is in a race against time. The constant drive to innovate, meet expanding NCAP requirements, and launch vehicles faster than ever is stretching safety and simulation teams to their breaking point. INSIGHT CONNECT® automates the most time-consuming step in occupant safety analysis.

Protecting people requires more than good intentions; it takes Safety Intelligence. That’s why we created the Safety as a Mission booklet, a concise, actionable resource that distills our most critical insights into one powerful guide.

As we wrap up the series, we recap the entire series and call out the top five priorities for treating Safety as a Mission for the industry. The future belongs to those who act, together and without delay.

Part 8 of the series looks at the Agile Partnership Model and how we believe it will bring OEMs, regulators, and researchers into fast-moving, integrated teams that do more than collaborate; they deliver. This is not about checking boxes. It’s about saving lives.

In Part 7, we explore how new technologies designed to protect vehicle occupants can also help reduce injuries and fatalities outside the vehicle.

Truck safety is a critical focus for the automotive industry as regulatory bodies and organizations aim to reduce road fatalities and improve the protection of all road users. Accurate and repeatable testing is essential to verify these safety systems, and advanced robotic platforms like Humanetics’ UFOs and DRm Driving Robots play a crucial role in this process.

In Part 6, we explore why traditional crash testing isn’t enough to keep up with modern vehicle complexities and the growing demand for accurate, real-life crash data.

In Part 5, we look at how advancements in active and passive safety testing are helping engineers evaluate and improve vehicle systems designed to protect vulnerable road users. These innovations aim to create more realistic test scenarios, ultimately reducing pedestrian injuries and fatalities.

In Part 4, we explore equitable safety design for Every Body across industries, and the increased safety challenges faced by underserved populations.

Our safety experts have read the NHTSA NCAP Final Decision and Roadmap documents and created a summary of the key updates and take-aways.

In November, NHTSA published a long-awaited update to the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). It includes many significant changes and additions for Automated Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS) & Pedestrian Safety updates and a roadmap outlining future changes in the next 10 years.

In Part 3, we examine if regulators and the industry keep up with the pace of change enabled by data, simulation and AI.

In Part 2, we discuss if a change in outcomes demands a shift in policy and regulation.

In Part 1, we examine what ‘Safety as a Mission’ means to all of us and how we can accelerate progress to the Vision Zero goal.

Learn about the perfect compact ADAS safety device to run fully autonomous pedestrian and collision mitigation testing.

Learn about the perfect compact ADAS safety device to run fully autonomous pedestrian and collision mitigation testing.

Gomentum demo day with the Humanetics UFO platform

Take a look at how our industry-leading UFO and Driving Robot can support you in the newly introduced Euro NCAP Test & Assessment protocols.

The SUFEHM finite element head model can predict real-world head injuries in a car crash.

Old regulations will be brought up to speed with the addition of newer, more advanced ATDs.

Meet our THOR-50M – the culmination of years of development resulting in the most advanced ATD to date.

President and CEO, Chris O’Connor, shares his thoughts on the outlook for the future of the Humanetics Group:
“May we live in interesting times”

Despite the work done in the industry, women, elderly and overweight people are at significantly more risk of injury than the average adult male. It’s time to bring equity to injury risk.

The new driving robot system for active safety testing is the easiest tool in the market to use.

Here’s a brief history of the five generations of crash test dummies.

Occupant safety in AVs could be more at risk than ever. We have been working to develop crash test dummies designed to assess occupant safety in autonomous vehicles.

Rapid development of automated vehicles is driving ATD innovations, as Chris O’Connor, our CEO, explains.

The effort to gather more information about individuals can result in privacy violations and even unintentional bias. One way to reduce the risk of this is to control for as many variables as possible when underwriting policies. 

Humanetics has worked with every space program since Apollo 11. Recently our dummy was the first female to hitch a ride on Space X.

Doctors and engineers are beginning to understand the role of body fat in a car crash, and sadly the extra padding does nothing to reduce the impact.

We have made great progress in reducing severe head and brain injuries since the introduction of mandatory seat belts, but these types of injuries remain a key factor of all safety design, especially in the areas of military and aviation.  

With 20% of the population over 65 years of age and 75% technically classed as “overweight,” we work hard to ensure everyone’s safety needs are equally met.

Learn how accurate, representative data has become a strategic resource for product development, driving informed design decisions from apparel and PPE to automotive and biomedical.

Street sweepers. Airport sweepers. Snow plows. These vehicles work near people every day. Have they been tested as rigorously as a passenger car? In this article, we look at how active safety testing methods.

Engineers have access to more simulations, data, and tools than ever. Yet many vehicle programs still struggle with delays. Learn how adding safety aspects during CAD design can improve safety and reduce delays.