interACT newsletter 3 Feb 2019

interACT newsletter N3 | February 2019

Editorial

interACT has successfully completed its mid-term review in December 2018 and looks back to exciting six project months! Based on our insights from the observational studies on human-human interaction we shifted our attention to the development of the hardware components for the demonstrator vehicles of CRF and BMW. Thus, we improved the sensor algorithms, developed, integrated and tested the first version of the software components for the Cooperation and Communication Planning Unit and started several user tests to come up with the final interaction strategies. We further took the opportunity to discuss and disseminate the project results at international workshops and conferences, in scientific papers and at the ITS World Congress 2018 in Copenhagen.
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interACT's Developments

Pedestrian Intention Recognition

WP2 is further working on modelling the human-human interaction (D2.1) and the improvement of sensor algorithms (CARTRE webinar) to detect the intentions of pedestrians. In WP 2.3 “Detecting interaction features and intention recognition development” led by BOSCH the partners are working among others on the motion prediction of pedestrians, facing the challenge that pedestrians can abruptly change their motion plans in less structured environments.

Progress on the AV core intelligence unit: the Cooperation and Communication Planning Unit

Recognizing the pose, the hand waving gestures, the anticipated intentions and the predicted behavior of the other traffic participants, the Cooperation and Communication Planning Unit (CCPU) develops an expectation-conforming, safe plan for the future motion of the AV and its interactions with the other TPs and its on-board user(s). The main objective for the past period was to develop the first working CCPU prototype to be integrated in the prototype CRF vehicle. Towards this purpose, the WP3 development teams have been working on the four CCPU modules, namely the Situation Matching, the Interaction Planning, the Trajectory Planning and the Safety Layer.

Iterative design of suitable human-machine interfaces

The key to successful interactions between automated vehicles (AVs), the on-board user and other traffic participants is good communication through suitable human-machine interfaces. During the last months WP 4 partners started to assess the different interaction strategies in several user studies. Using the preliminary interaction strategies (D4.1 ) as a basis several variants of external HMI and on-board HMI solutions currently undergo thorough user testing in different methodological settings. We gather user feedback and insights into the user needs and the mechanisms underlying human decision making when encountering AVs equipped with external human-machine interfaces.

Evaluation work package gets underway

Work package 6 of the interACT project on evaluation got underway in October 2018. This work package will evaluate and assess the impact of the interaction strategies and communication methods developed during the project. A technical workshop involving all interACT partners was held in November in Abstatt, Germany, to discuss our approach to this work.

interACT's Events

interACT @ AVS 2018, 9-12 July 2018, San Francisco, USA

Prof. Natasha Merat, interACT’s partner from ITS Leeds presented the project during the Automated Vehicles Symposium 2018 which was held in San Francisco, USA on 9-12th July 2018.

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interACT @ IEA 2018, 26-30 August 2018, Florence, Italy

interACT participated with three paper presentations in the 20th Congress International Ergonomics Association which was held on 26-30th of August 2018 in Florence, Italy.

interACT @ the 25th ITS World Congress, 17-21 September 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark

interACT organized a Special Interest Session entitled 'SIS14: User-centric approaches enabling wider acceptance of Automated Vehicles in mixed traffic' on Monday 17th September 2018 together with the other ART04 projects TrustVehicle and BRAVE.

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interACT @ the AutoUI, 23 September 2018, Toronto, Canada

The workshop entitled ‘AutoUI Workshop on Methodology: Evaluating Interactions between Automated Vehicles and Other Road Users – What Works in Practice?’ took place on 23rd September 2018 at the Bahen Centre of the University of Toronto.

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CAD Webinar Series (XII): The interACT project, 25 September 2018

A second webinar dedicated to the interACT project, entitled ‘’Designing cooperating interactions of automated vehicles with other road users – the latest developments of the interACT EU project” was organised by CARTRE on 25th September 2018.

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4th interACT GA meeting 12-15 November 2018 | Abstatt, Germany

The 4th interACT GA meeting was held on 12-15th November 2018 and was hosted by interACT’s partner BOSCH in the company’s facilities in Abstatt, Germany. During the first and the last day several technical workshops were held, whereas on the second day the consortium presented the project’s progress and discussed about their future goals.

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interACT/InMotion online workshop, 19 November 2018
A very fruitful online meeting between interACT project and InMotion was held on 19th November 2018. The two projects’ coordinators, Anna Schieben from DLR on behalf of interACT and Matthias Beggiato from TU Chemnitz representing InMotion, and several reseachers of both projects had the chance to discuss about the observation and evaluation methodologies used and exchange valuable knowledge.

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interACT @ Joint Workshop of European Projects on Automated Road Transport, 21 November 2018, Hamburg, Germany
On 21st November 2018 the workshop ‘Joint Workshop of European Projects on Automated Road Transport’ was held in Hamburg, Germany. The workshop was organized by the AutoMATE project and other six EU funded projects, including interACT, joined in order to share their insights of research on autonomous vehicles.

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interACT @ H2020RTR 2018 28-29 November 2018, Brussels, Belgium
The H2020RTR 2018 European Conference Results from Road Transport Research in H2020 projects , a dedicated conference to present all the results from road transport research in H2020 funded projects was organised by ERTRAC, EGVIA and the EC Transport R&I Directorate in Brussels, Belgium on 28-29th November 2018.

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interACT mid-term review 19 December 2018, Brussels, Belgium

After half of the project run time, the interACT coordinator and all WP leaders travelled to Brussel on 19th December 2018 to conduct the mid-term review meeting of the project. During the review meeting we presented the status of all WPs.

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interACT @ TRB Annual Meeting 2019 13-17 January 2019, Washington D.C, USA

Dr. Angelos Amditis, the research director of ICCS presented an overview of interACT during the International Programs on Road Vehicle Automation on 14th January 2018 on the occasion of the TRB Annual Meeting.

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Other interACT Events

interACT partners presented the project results during several other events during the past six months at the NTU Traffic Symposium in Nottingham, UK, the VDI Conference in Frankurt, Germany, the Researchers Night Event in Athens, Greece, the IROS 2018 in Madrid, Spain, the EPIC 2018 in Honolulu, Hawaii, the German delegation in Berlin, Germany, the ISO meeting in Milan, Italy and the IEEE ITSC in Maui, Hawaii.

interACT in the Media

Interview about the findings of the observational studies carried out by interACT

Our partner Prof. Natasha Merat from ITS Leeds gave an interesting interview to heise online on the occasion of her presentation at AVS2018 and talked about the results of the observations held in Munich, Athens and Leeds concerning the crossing interactions between the road users.

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Radio Interview about interACT 23 November 2018, Germany

Marc Wilbrink, interACT’s partner from DLR gave a very interesting interview for the NDR radio station. The main focus of the interview was DLR’s research activities in Virtual Reality linked to WP4 to design a understandable, accepted and trusted design for external HMI of automated vehicles.

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Latest interACT's Deliverables

D5.1 Basic Sensor Data Fusion and Driver Monitoring

This deliverable of WP 5 focus on the description of the driver monitoring and of the design of the basic sensor data fusion including preliminary data assessment and evaluation of algorithms.
All other public deliverables can be found here

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