Carvatar: Increasing Trust in Highly-Automated Driving Through Social Cues

Carvatar was built to increase trust in automation through social cues. The prototype can imitate human behavior, such as a humanoid gaze behavior or by calling attention to specific situations. The avatar can be used to establish a cooperative communication between driver and vehicle.

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Philipp Hock

Marcel Walch

Enrico Rukzio

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Zihsler, Jens; Hock, Philipp; Walch, Marcel; Dzuba, Kirill; Schwager, Denis; Szauer, Patrick und Rukzio, Enrico Carvatar: Increasing Trust in Highly-Automated Driving Through Social Cues Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI' 16) , September 2016

DOI: 10.1145/3004323.3004354

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