Resources
The evidence is public. The monitoring isn't there yet.
Independent studies, inspection bodies and the trade press have documented silent sensor degradation for years. A selection of the research and reporting we reference, in one place.
Wenn der Wagen bei 200 km/h plötzlich stark bremst
Phantom braking at highway speed: what happens when driver assistance systems act on input nobody verified.
Article Der SpiegelVW ID.3: Mysteriöser Unfall
Why an EV became unpredictable to its own driver, and how hard it is to prove what a system actually perceived.
Press release TÜV RheinlandADAS not always reliable in long-term operation
An inspection body states plainly that assistance systems cannot be assumed reliable over the vehicle's life.
Whitepaper TÜV RheinlandLong-term ADAS reliability, analysed
The detailed analysis behind the press release: how assistance systems degrade in long-term operation.
Paper AAA · 2021Sensor Performance Degradation
The American Automobile Association's research on how vehicle sensors lose performance over time.
Study DEKRAMinimally misaligned ADAS sensors
Study on how even small sensor misalignment affects the behaviour of driver assistance systems.
Article ZKFBodywork industry on the DEKRA findings
The repair trade's perspective on misaligned sensors after collision repair.
Article Autobody NewsADAS may drift after normal use
Testing indicates assistance systems can drift out of calibration in everyday operation, without any collision.
Whitepaper IEEEAutomotive image quality: the standards work
Technical material from the IEEE P2020 working group on automotive image quality, which our founders co-founded.
Whitepaper IEEE / Image EngineeringMeasuring camera performance for automotive use
Further technical work on quantifying imaging performance in vehicles.
Paper University research · 2025Peer-reviewed work on sensor degradation
Academic research documenting degradation effects in perception systems.
Paper University research · 2024Degradation effects on perception quality
Further peer-reviewed analysis of how degraded input changes model behaviour.
Report AMASensors 2030
The sensor industry association's outlook on where sensing is heading this decade.
Article Automobil-IndustrieSensorfunktionen überwachen
Trade press on why monitoring sensor functions is becoming its own discipline.
Report NHTSA / US DOTSafety implications of ADAS sensor degradation
The US regulator's formal study of what degrading sensors mean for assistance-system safety.
Article Military Embedded Systems · 2019US Navy funds sensor-degradation detection
The Navy commissioned dedicated R&D for degradation detection on uncrewed vessels.
Paper IET Cyber-Physical Systems · 2025IMU degradation in industrial robots
Peer-reviewed study: robot sensors wear gradually and fail without warning, with no systematic monitoring across the signal chain.
Paper Journal of Sensors · 2025Sensor drift in agricultural autonomy
Heat, humidity and dust degrade field sensors; the only mitigation today is manual recalibration.