Publication Details

Denielle Oliva, Melanie Schmidt-Wolf, and David Feil-Seifer. "Autonomous Systems on the Road: Enhancing Interactions Between Autonomous Vehicles and Bicyclists." Sep 2023.


  • Keywords:
  • autonomous vehicle

Abstract

Communication between vehicles and bicyclists is an essential part of road safety. As autonomous systems become more prevalent on public roads, there is a need to develop legible, acceptable, and trustworthy interactions between unmanned vehicular robots and pedestrians. This paper focuses on the investigation of communication models that communicate intent with cyclists when they encounter a driverless autonomous vehicle. Through a user study, this paper explores different models of communication modules presented on an autonomous vehicle. Scenarios for testing were simulated in an immersive virtual reality environment combined with physical systems to replicate the experience of riding a bicycle in traffic to elicit relevant responses in a likely road interaction. This study shows the need for a system that allows for legible communication with autonomous vehicles operating without human control and entirely AI driven and provides concrete suggestions for the forms such a communication system might take. The results of this study shows the preference of symbols over text, light, and road projection when encountering an autonomous vehicle in a possible collision. Future studies will expand into real world applications of specific models that are found to be preferred by prior work.

Author Details

Name: Denielle Oliva
Status: Active

Name: Melanie Schmidt-Wolf
email: mschmidtwolf@unr.edu
Status: Active

Name: David Feil-Seifer
email: dave@cse.unr.edu
Website: http://cse.unr.edu/~dave
Phone: (775) 784-6469
Status: Active

BibTex Reference

@inproceedings{oliva2023autonomous,
  title={Autonomous Systems on the Road: Enhancing Interactions Between Autonomous Vehicles and Bicyclists},
  author={Denielle Oliva and Melanie Schmidt-Wolf and David Feil-Seifer},
  year={2023},
  month={September},
}

HTML Reference

<span class="authors">Denielle Oliva, Melanie Schmidt-Wolf, and David Feil-Seifer</span>. <span class="title">"Autonomous Systems on the Road: Enhancing Interactions Between Autonomous Vehicles and Bicyclists." </span> <span class="month">Sep</span> <span class="year">2023</span>. <span class="ending"></span>

Support

AI Institute for Transforming Education for Children with Speech and Language Processing Challenges, National Science Foundation PI: Venugopal Govindaraju, co-PI: David Feil-Seifer, Amount: $20,000,000, Jan. 15, 2023 - Dec. 31, 2027