Vehicle Interiors as Sensate Environments

Abstract

The research field of biologically inspired and cognitive systems is currently gaining increasing interest. However, modern vehicles and their architectures are still dominated by traditional, engineered systems. This talk will give an industrial perspective on potential usage of biologicallyinspired systems and cognitive architectures in future vehicles. A vehicle's interior can be considered a highly interactive sensate environment. With the advent of highly automated driving, even more emphasis will be on this smart space and the corresponding user experience. New interior layouts become possible, with the attention shifting from the driver to the wellbeing and comfort of rider passengers in highly reconfigurable interior layouts. Tactile intelligence in particular will add an exciting new modality and help address challenges of safe human-robot coexistence. By focusing on opportunities for such approaches but also by pointing out challenges with respect to industrial requirements, the goal of this talk is to initiate and stimulate discussions regarding integration of cognitive systems in future vehicle architectures.