Method for testing an autonomous system

An autonomous System, comprising a processor and at least one autonomous component, for at least parts of which a virtual image exists, wherein the processor is configured to perform a method comprising:

• acquiring component data providing information in relation to a movement of at least one virtual image of the at least one autonomous component;
• creating, in the virtual image, at least one virtual object that can move within the virtual image, wherein the at least one virtual object is a human worker;
• generating, in the virtual image, a corpus around the at least one virtual object and the virtual image of the at least one autonomous component, the corpus defining a volume that cannot be entered around either the virtual image of the at least one autonomous component or the at least one virtual object;
• representing, in the virtual image, a movement of the at least one virtual object or/and the virtual image of the at least one autonomous component, the movement being restricted in that the volume of any corpus cannot be entered;
• acquiring reaction data in relation to the movement of the at least one virtual object or/and the virtual image of the at least one autonomous component;
• and
• evaluating a course of movement of the at least one virtual objector/and the virtual image of the at least one autonomous component considering the reaction data.

A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer readable hardware storage device storing a computer readable program code, the computer readable program code comprising an algorithm that when executed by a computer processor of a computing system implements a method comprising:

• providing a virtual image of a physical autonomous system, wherein the virtual image is a digital twin of the physical autonomous system,
• acquiring component data providing information in relation to a movement of at least one virtual image of an autonomous component of the physical autonomous system;
• creating, in the virtual image, at least one virtual object that can move within the virtual image, wherein the at least one virtual object is a human worker in the autonomous system;
• generating, in the virtual image, a corpus around the at least one virtual object and the virtual image of the at least one autonomous component, the corpus defining a volume that cannot be entered around either the virtual image of the at least one autonomous component or the at least one virtual object;
• representing, in the virtual image, a movement of the at least one virtual object or/and the virtual image of the at least one autonomous component, the movement being restricted in that the volume of any corpus cannot be entered;
• acquiring reaction data in relation to the movement of the at least one virtual object or/and the virtual image of the at least one autonomous component;
• and
• evaluating a course of movement of the at least one virtual objector/and the virtual image of the at least one autonomous component considering the reaction data.