SaFeR: European Training Network on Safety of Autonomous Systems (SaFeR)

To realize and fully exploit the positive potential of autonomy, community needs to have ways of making such systems safe. The specific safety challenges of autonomous systems and the technologies that enable autonomy are not adequately addressed by current safety management practices and standards. It is clear that autonomous systems can introduce many new paths to accidents, and that autonomous system technologies may not be practical to analyse adequately using accepted current practice. As an example, the current major safety standard for cars – ISO 26262 – in fact relies on a driver being there and being under control. New methodologies need to be developed and young engineers need to be trained on how to (1) analyze the possible risks and hazards related to autonomous systems, (2) how to make autonomous systems safety-by-design, and (3) how to come to an evidence-based safety-case for autonomous systems.