External Rapid Prototyping Validation System for the Automotive Development Cycle

The most pressing requirement currently faced by the automotive industry is the speed at which a certain product can be offered to the market. The present paper discusses the applicability of the Rapid Prototyping method in the automotive industry, illustrated as a development approach of a potential solution to the early evaluation phase of a system. The offered method advances an implementation of a pilot approach in the context of the final product. The functioning of the prototype is measured in different test scenarios, the results being increasingly encouraging towards the industrial adoption of this technique from a technical as well as an economic point of view.