A car detects a hazardous situation and reacts appropriately without any intervention of the driver. This may seem to be an impossible scenario right now, however, it may well become reality in future: Developing such vehicles is the objective of the collaborative Research Center 28: Cognitive Automobiles.
On January 1st 2006, the German Research Foundation (DFG) started this collaborative research centre. It is intended to last for twelve years. The University of Karlsruhe, the Technische Universitaet München, the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (IITB in Karlsruhe) as well as the Universitaet der Bundeswehr Neubiberg are working together in this collaborative research center.