Systemergonomics for cooperative interacting vehicles (2nd Phase): Transparency of automation behaviour and intervention possibilities of the human during normal operation, at system limits and during system failure

• Applicant: Professor Dr.-Ing. Frank O. Flemisch, since 2/2019
• Subject Area: Human Factors, Ergonomics, Human-Machine Systems ; Traffic and Transport Systems, Intelligent and Automated Traffic
• Term: from 2015 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 273371579

Transparency of automation behaviour and intervention possibilities of the human during normal operations, at system limits and during system failure of cooperative interacting vehiclesStarting with the focus of the SPP on a quite highly automated driving, this research project offers a bridge to the more human oriented highly automated driving. The target of this project is to scientifically design and investigate, if and what measures of traceability of automation behaviour of cooperative interacting vehicles and intervention possibilities of the human are useful, i.e. lead to an efficient, safe, usable and acceptable overall system. In order to narrow this wide task down to a reasonable size, the focus of the project lies on the connection between normal (highly/ fully automated) system behaviour, system limits and system failure and here again on the interaction between human and cooperative vehicle depending on the human’s involvement in driving-related and non-driving-related tasks. The extensive research in terms of take-over ability will be used for bridging highly automated and manual driving, e.g. during system failure. A central aspect of this research application is that driving cooperative interacting vehicles in normal operation, at system limits and during system failure is interconnected and must be designed and investigated together: A human who is already usefully involved during normal operation will be able to contribute to the safety of the overall system at system limits. Furthermore current research indicates that a human who is already involved at system limits has a better chance to take over fast enough and correctly during system failure. These targets implicate several research areas that will be tackled in this project: Traceability of system behaviour, role and intervention possibilities of the human, involvement of the human at system limits, involvement of the human and transitions during system failure, and the explicit and or implicit consideration of the human state especially regarding attention, take-over ability and control-ability.

• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• Subproject of: SPP 1835: Kooperativ interagierende Automobile
• Co-Investigator: Professor Dr.-Ing. Lutz Eckstein
• Ehemaliger Antragsteller: Professor Dr. Maximilian Schwalm, until 1/2019