Beyond Weight Sensors: How Tactile Sensing Could Transform Occupant Classification
As vehicle restraint systems become more intelligent, accurately understanding who is sitting in each seat and how they are positioned is becoming just as important as detecting that someone is there.
Existing occupancy sensing technologies, including weight sensors, cameras and radar, each have limitations when it comes to reliably classifying occupants across different body types and seating scenarios. We spoke with Christine Fraser, Co-Founder & COO of Brighter Signals, about how tactile sensing could provide a new layer of occupant intelligence, improve classification accuracy for vulnerable passengers, and help enable safer, more personalised restraint systems.
Beyond Compliance: How Agentic AI Could Unlock the Next Generation of Occupant Monitoring
Occupant Monitoring Systems (OMS) are evolving from regulatory necessities into intelligent platforms capable of understanding occupants, context and intent.
As legal requirements and Euro NCAP establish the baseline for safety, the next wave of innovation lies in using the same sensing infrastructure to enable proactive safety, personalised assistance, comfort and more natural human-vehicle interaction. We spoke with Dr. Frederik Diederichs, Head of Perceptual User Interfaces Group at Fraunhofer IOSB, about how agentic AI, multimodal sensing and rapid prototyping tools such as AktiMeter are helping the industry explore what comes next for intelligent in-cabin systems.
From PyTorch to Production: Closing the Evidence Gap for ISO/PAS 8800
As automotive AI moves from research environments into safety-critical production systems, ISO/PAS 8800 is bringing greater focus to traceability, reproducibility and evidence across the full development lifecycle.
In this interview, Peter Kristiansen, Business Dev Exec – Automotive & Defence at Embedl discusses the practical gap between validating an AI model in PyTorch and proving the performance of the compiled, quantised binary running on vehicle hardware. He explains why compliance cannot be treated as an audit-stage task, and how automated evidence capture can help engineering teams continue innovating while building a stronger safety case for embedded AI deployment.
Building the Unified AI Stack for Software-Defined Vehicles
As vehicles become increasingly software-defined, the challenge is no longer adding more AI features- it’s creating an architecture that allows them to work together.
In this interview, Natalie Stormanns, Head of Infotainment and Digital Experience at MHP – A Porsche Company, explores why unified AI stacks, centralized compute, and integrated vehicle and cabin data are becoming essential to delivering safer, more intelligent, and more personalised driving experiences.
OEMs & Tier 1s you will meet at InCabin Europe
InCabin is a unique meeting place for our community, with experts coming together from across the supply chain, and 1 in 5 attendees being from OEM and Tier 1 companies. Expect to meet decision makers from companies already registered including BMW, Hyundai, Aptiv, Volkswagen, Skoda, JLR and more…
Top Sessions at InCabin Europe 2025
Top experts will explore the latest advancements, challenges, trends, and solutions within the in-cabin monitoring field at InCabin Europe this October.
A few companies you’ll hear from include; Applus+ IDIADA, VinFast, Texas Instruments, Euro NCAP, Hyundai, and Simi Reality Motion Systems (part of ZF Group). Explore these top InCabin sessions below…
ADAS meets Navigation: Insights from Paul Schouten, TomTom
Ahead of his session at InCabin Europe 2025, Paul Schouten, Senior Staff Designer at TomTom highlights how enhanced, real-time map data can overcome sensor limitations such as range, occlusions, and weather, by providing foresight beyond the sensor’s view. To find out more, read the interview below ⬇️
Announcing our Continued Partnership with STA; the automotive engineering association of Spain
Following a highly successful collaboration in 2024, Sense Media Group, organisers of the AutoSens and InCabin conference and exhibitions, are proud to announce a continuation of the formal endorsement from Sociedad de Técnicos de Automoción (STA), the automotive engineering association of Spain.
Find out more below…
Expert-Led Workshops at InCabin Europe 2025
These workshop-style, expert-led, tutorial sessions will take place on Tuesday 7th October 2025, exclusively for our Full Pass holders.
Be immersed in key industry topics, exchange ideas with fellow engineers, engage directly with leading experts, and tackle real-world challenges to expand your skills and knowledge. Take a look at the two InCabin tutorials below…
Announcing the Key Topics for InCabin Europe
A deep understanding of the entire ADAS and AV landscape is essential for driving innovation—enabling us to not only address, but overcome the challenges shaping the future of the industry.