The GST - an essential tool for developing future driver assistance technology

The Guided Soft Target is a pilotable target which looks like another car to your vehicle. The self-propelled platform carries a soft vehicle target (Soft Car 360) which is aerodynamically stable yet can separate into lightweight parts on impact, avoiding damage to the test vehicle.

Safe, high-capacity batteries

We’ve designed the GST such that the onboard batteries will power it for a full day of testing. There’s no need to swap battery packs.

Our GST battery packs are all certified safe for air freight transportation under the UN38.3 battery transportation safety testing requirement, having passed an extensive set of tests including withstanding extreme temperatures, simulated altitude testing as well as shock and vibration to 200Hz at 8g. The batteries and cells are charge cycled over 50 times to ensure electrical safety and the integrity and temperature is monitored constantly during charging and in operation.

Our GST 120 has been fitted with a class-leading 4.8kWh battery, capable of providing sufficient power for a typical day on the track. They can be easily recharged between tests by connecting to a suitable supply at the track.

Accurate control

Using our proven path-following technology, the GST offers unbeatable position and speed accuracy.

Synchronisation using a common software environment

The GST can operate using TrackFi or TrackFi Pro telemetry systems, together with our powerful Synchro software.

This allows perfect synchronisation with your test vehicle, whether driven by robots or a human driver. Multiple tracker objects can be synchronised with the subject vehicle, allowing complex ADAS scenarios to be created.