Post by EDAG Group

PERFORMANCE IS AN ORCHESTRATION PROBLEM // At the Smart Prototypes Summit 2026, organized by VI-grade, Jonas Grötzinger, Senior Expert - Vehicle Motion, presented how Vehicle Motion Control (VMC) is developed in our Zero Prototype Lab. Core shift: vehicle dynamics moves from isolated component tuning to centralized orchestration. Steering, braking, propulsion, damping and roll control are coordinated as one system instead of being optimized separately. The Zero Prototype Lab enables this approach by linking simulation, co-simulation and real vehicle testing into one continuous development loop. VMC can be developed and iterated without waiting for full prototype cycles. What changes with VMC is the perspective. Vehicle behavior is defined through measurable attributes like stability, agility and comfort. Driver perception is part of the target definition, not a side effect. Two operating modes run on the same architecture: driver-in-the-loop assistance and robot vehicle control. Only the decision authority changes. Across simulation, Driver-in-the-Loop and real driving (Lucid Air, ISO double lane change), the pattern is consistent: less countersteering, higher stability, more predictable vehicle response. A refined AI-based damper model improves correlation and reduces deviation versus reference measurements by 63%, increasing simulation fidelity for virtual development. Key message: performance is no longer a hardware property, but a question of system coordination across virtual and physical environments.