MiRoVA, Sub-project 2: External interaction Modelling of external interaction with non-automated actors in road traffic under the influence of migrating vehicle automation

• Applicant: Dr.-Ing. Bettina Abendroth
• Subject Area: Human Factors, Ergonomics, Human-Machine Systems
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 523663459

The aim of this sub-project is to better describe the human variable in future mixed traffic and to identify potential challenges and conflicts caused by migration in the interaction between different automated road users, as well as their causes. Therefore, this sub-project deals with the external perception, semantic interpretation and communication of the actors participating in road traffic and the resulting interactions and cooperation between the actors. It focuses on the external perception of automated actors by non-automated, so that for people outside the automated vehicle it is not the degree of automation according to SAE that is important, but the fact of who takes over or controls the entire vehicle driving task. Here whereby, microscopic migration (migration between levels of automation) and macroscopic migration (increasing penetration of traffic by automated vehicles) are considered from a human-centered perspective. The actors to be considered include pedestrians and drivers of manual vehicles in addition to automated vehicles. Starting from a basic model to be developed (literature- and experiment-based), the aspects of migration are considered in an expanded model, which is to be quantified by chance through time parameters as well as probabilities. The validation of the model through workshops and expert surveys will be carried out continuously in parallel with the development of the model.

• DFG Programme: Research Units
• Subproject of: FOR 5702: MiRoVA - Migration of Road Vehicle Automation