KIVI - Cooperative interaction between vulnerable road users in automated driving

Project partner

• Professur Nachrichtentechnik

Funding

	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Schwerpunktprogramm "Kooperativ interagierende Automobile")

Duration

04/2016-04/2019

Topic

The interdisciplinary project "Kooperative Interaktion mit schwächeren Verkehrs- teilnehmern im automatisierten Fahren" (cooperative interaction with vulnerable road users (VRU) in automated driving) examines the cooperation between automated vehicles and vulnerable road users (VRU, i.e. pedestrians and cyclists) in mixed traffic. Therefore the project focuses on complex urban scenarios, which require implicit or explicit coordination of actions among the participants. Conventional human means of communication like gesture, gaze, light signs or honking are no longer necessary when it comes to automated driving. Even implicit communication of the driver, e.g. slowly braking in order to give someone priority, does not occur probably. An important aim from the perspective of system ergonomics is to examine how automated vehicles could record and assess communication. A further aim is to examine what kind of signals indicate cooperation (e.g. braking as signal for giving priority). This is followed by the question how these cooperation signals should be parameterized and what kind of alternatives might exist.

Publications, talks, poster

Ackermann, C., Beggiato, M., Bluhm, L.-F., Löw, A., & Krems, J. (2019). Deceleration parameters and their applicability as informal communication signal between pedestrians and automated vehicles. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 62, 757-768. doi:10.1016/j.trf.2019.03.006

Ackermann, C., Beggiato, M., Blum, L.-F., & Krems, J. F. (2018). Vehicle Movement and its Potential as Implicit Communication Signal for Pedestrians and Automated Vehicles. In N. Van Nes & C. Voegelé (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th HUMANIST Conference (pp. 86-92). Lyon: Humanist Publications. ISBN 978-2-9531712-5-9. (download)

Ackermann, C., Beggiato, M., Schubert, S., & Krems, J. F. (2019). An experimental study to investigate design and assessment criteria: what is important for communication between pedestrians and automated vehicles? Applied Ergonomics, 75, 272-282. doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2018.11.002

Beggiato, M., Witzlack, C., & Krems, J. F. (2017). Gap Acceptance and Time-To-Arrival Estimates as Basis for Informal Communication between Pedestrians and Vehicles. In In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI '17). (pp. 50-57). New York, NY, USA: ACM. doi:10.1145/3122986.3122995

Beggiato, M., Witzlack, C., Springer, S., & Krems, J. F. (2017). The Right Moment for Braking as Informal Communication Signal between Automated Vehicles and Pedestrians in Crossing Situations. In N. A. Stanton (Ed.), Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation. Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 Conference on Human Factors in Transportation, July 17-21, 2017, Los Angeles, California, USA (pp. 1072-1081). Springer Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-60441-1_101

Beggiato, M., Witzlack, C. & Krems, J. F. (2017). The gentle automated vehicle. Influence of vehicle speed, daytime and pedestrian's age on the expected moment of car braking as sign of cooperation. In T. Goschke, A. Bolte, & C. Kirschbaum (Eds.), TeaP 2017 - Abstracts of the 59th Conference of Experimental Psychology (p. 172-173). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.

Witzlack, C., Beggiato, M., & Krems, J. (2016). Interaktionssequenzen zwischen Fahrzeugen und Fußgängern im Parkplatzszenario als Grundlage für kooperativ interagierende Automatisierung. In VDI (Eds.). Fahrerassistenz und automatisiertes Fahren,VDI-Berichte 2288 (p. 323-336). Düsseldorf: VDI-Verlag.

Witzlack, C., Bluhm, L.-F., Schubert, S., Beggiato, M., & Krems, J. F. (2018).Untersuchung expliziter und impliziter Kommunikationsformen zwischen Fußgängern und automatisierten Fahrzeugen. In A. C. Schütz, A. Schubö, D. Endres, & H. Lachnit (Eds.) Abstracts of the 60th Conference of Experimental Psychologists (p. 296). Lengerich, Germany: Pabst Science Publishers.

Witzlack, C., Beggiato, M., Schubert, S., & Krems, J. (2017). Kommunikation zwischen Fußgängern und automatisierten Fahrzeugen - eine explorative Studie zur Untersuchung verschiedener HMI-Lösungen. In M. Vollrath & Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (Hrsg.), Immer mehr Technik - von Smartphone zu Automaten: Abstracts 2. Kongress Fachgruppe Verkehrspsychologie, Bergisch Gladbach, 14.-16.2.2017 (p. 30). Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig.