Blind driving by means of the track angle error

Conference paper (2019)

Authors

P. Bazilinskyy Human-Robot Interaction - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
Laurens Bijker Student
Tim Dielissen Student
Shin French Student
Tom Mooijman Student
Luka Peters Student
R. Happee Intelligent Vehicles - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
D. Dodou Medical Instruments & Bio-Inspired Technology - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
J.C.F. de Winter Human-Robot Interaction - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
Research Group
Human-Robot Interaction (Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2019 P. Bazilinskyy, Laurens Bijker, Tim Dielissen, Shin French, Tom Mooijman, Luka Peters, R. Happee, D. Dodou, J.C.F. de Winter
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Published Date

2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Department

Cognitive Robotics

Research Group

Human-Robot Interaction

Abstract

This study is the third iteration in a series of studies aimed to develop a system that allows driving blindfolded. We used a sonification approach, where the predicted angular error of the car 2 seconds into the future was translated into spatialized beeping sounds. In a driving simulator experiment, we tested with 20 participants whether a surround-sound feedback system that uses four speakers yields better lane-keeping performance than binary directional feedback produced by two speakers. We also examined whether adding a corner support system to the binary system improves lane-keeping performance. Compared to the two previous iterations, this study presents a more realistic experimental setting, as participants were unfamiliar with the feedback system and received the feedback without headphones. The results show that participants had poor lane-keeping performance. Furthermore, the driving task was perceived as demanding, especially in the case of the additional corner support. Our findings from the blind driving projects suggest that drivers benefit from simple auditory feedback; additional auditory stimuli (e.g., corner support) add workload without improving performance

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