Ghost Busting: A Novel On-Road Exploration of External HMIs for Autonomous Vehicles

Large, David R; Hallewell, Madeline; Li, Xuekun; Harvey, Catherine; Burnett, Gary

Abstract

The absence of a human driver in future autonomous vehicles means that explicit pedestrian-driver communication is not possible. Building on the novel ‘Ghost Driver’ methodology to emulate an autonomous vehicle, we developed prototype external human-machine interfaces to replace existing cues, and report preliminary, qualitative findings captured from a sample of pedestrians (n=64) who encountered the vehicle when crossing the road, as well as reflecting on the method.

Citation

Large, D. R., Hallewell, M., Li, X., Harvey, C., & Burnett, G. (2023, April). Ghost Busting: A Novel On-Road Exploration of External HMIs for Autonomous Vehicles. Presented at Contemporary Ergonomics & Human Factors 2023, Kenilworth, UK

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: Contemporary Ergonomics & Human Factors 2023
• Start Date: Apr 24, 2023
• End Date: Apr 26, 2023
• Acceptance Date: Jan 1, 2023
• Online Publication Date: May 26, 2023
• Publication Date: Apr 26, 2023
• Deposit Date: Mar 20, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 26, 2023
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/18769760
• Publisher URL: https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/event/3775/submission/90