Patent ID: 8364336

Claim:
A system for performing vehicle crash tests, comprising: a guide device for defining a predetermined path of a vehicle, a speed guide device for defining a predetermined speed that the vehicle will achieve at least one location along the predetermined path and a driverless, multi-track vehicle comprising: at least one drive apparatus for driving at least one wheel of the vehicle, at least one braking apparatus for selectively braking at least two wheels disposed on different sides of the vehicle, a guiding device for calculating a deviation between the predetermined path and an actual path of the vehicle and a control device for controlling the operation of the vehicle such that the vehicle is movable along the predetermined path with a speed that is predetermined for a crash location, wherein the operation of the drive apparatus and/or the braking device is/are controllable by the control device such that, when there is a deviation between the actual path and the predetermined path, the direction of the vehicle is changeable by selectively changing the torques acting on the wheels such that the deviation decreases, and wherein the drive apparatus and the braking apparatus are arranged and constructed to cooperate together such that the vehicle speed does not change as a result of a braking intervention for the purpose of converging the actual path with the predetermined path.