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Putting the Joy in Driving: Investigating the Use of a Joystick as an Alternative to Traditional Controls within Future Autonomous Vehicles

Large, David R.; Banks, Victoria; Burnett, Gary E.; Margaritis, Neofytos

Authors

DAVID LARGE David.R.Large@nottingham.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow

Victoria Banks

Gary E. Burnett

Neofytos Margaritis



Abstract

Unencumbered by the need to provide permanent manual control, future autonomous vehicles may be absent of traditional driving elements, such as a steering wheel and foot-pedals. While this provides additional space/comfort for drivers, an alternative device/s, that enables quick and effective manual control recovery, may still be required. Twenty participants, comprising an equal number of 'Drivers' and 'Non-Drivers', undertook two drives utilising a medium-fidelity simulator in which the original steering wheel and pedal-set were removed/deactivated. Participants controlled the vehicle using a centrally-mounted joystick in 2 scenarios: following an unexpected take-over request and during an extended period of manual driving. Results show that both groups rated the technology positively and were generally capable of manoeuvring the vehicle. Nevertheless, the groups differed in the way that performance was effected. For example, significant differences were evident in visual behaviour, resulting in 50% (n=5) of Non-Drivers colliding with another vehicle following transfer of control.

Citation

Large, D. R., Banks, V., Burnett, G. E., & Margaritis, N. (2017). Putting the Joy in Driving: Investigating the Use of a Joystick as an Alternative to Traditional Controls within Future Autonomous Vehicles. In AutomotiveUI '17: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (31-39). https://doi.org/10.1145/3122986.3122996

Presentation Conference Type Conference Paper (Published)
Conference Name 9th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications
Start Date Sep 24, 2017
End Date Sep 27, 2017
Acceptance Date Sep 24, 2017
Publication Date Sep 24, 2017
Deposit Date Nov 22, 2018
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Pages 31-39
Book Title AutomotiveUI '17: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications
ISBN 978-1-4503-5150-8
DOI https://doi.org/10.1145/3122986.3122996
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1213943
Publisher URL https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=3122986.3122996