New dummy Volvo
Bob, because that's the name of the newest member of the Volvo family of dummies, is an imitation of a man of average height who was used for crash tests.
Bob, because that's the name of the newest member of the Volvo family of dummies, is an imitation of a man of average height who was used for crash tests. 
What makes him different from the rest of the crash dummies is that he will never get into the car during an accident. He is a pedestrian who is in danger of being hit by an oncoming car.
Bob can suddenly appear in the path of the car, for example, from behind a parked car or other obstacle, due to the fact that he is suspended from a special crane that moves him into the driver's field of vision. It allows Volvo Cars to simulate realistic and frequent accident scenarios involving pedestrians.
Bob's jerky behavior is a problem with Volvo's latest active safety system, which is designed to detect a pedestrian who suddenly appears in the car's path and then apply the brakes if the driver doesn't do so quickly enough.
More than 100 dummies are currently participating in Volvo crash tests. These are copies that imitate adults of both sexes, different heights and weights, and children. The smallest mannequin is a baby weighing 3 kg. There is already a baby version of Bob, and a female version is coming soon.
Building a test dummy is a task that requires a lot of testing and advanced technology built into its body. Each manikin has approximately 100 measurement points, which are used to achieve a high traumatic resemblance to a human.
However, the high price of the mannequin (about 150-30 euros) is justified by the fact that, thanks to the possibility of repairing dummies and replacing them with elements damaged during modeling, they are practically indestructible. The real veterans of the Autocentre are over XNUMX years old.
