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RUMBA Final Event
- Entertainment
- Productive work
- Communication
- Rest and relaxation
In order for these activities to be comfortably carried out in the vehicle, larger adjustments are needed in the vehicle interior. In the project, a safe, efficient, and comfortable driving behavior was developed in parallel. Because for an optimal user experience, the newly designed vehicle interiors must be coordinated with the driving behavior of the automation, so that the occupants can build trust, feel safe and comfortable, and not suffer from symptoms of motion sickness.
During the final event, the consortium presented the project results in the form of technical presentations, poster and screen presentations, VR demonstrations, and driving demonstrations on the test track. The high level of interest in the main topics was demonstrated by the over 200 guests and the numerous expert discussions. The event was rounded off by three external keynotes:
- UX sounds for human-machine interaction (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander von Hoffmann , TH Nürnberg)
- Automotive Health: Health applications in the vehicle (Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sven Winkelmann , TH Nürnberg)
- Opportunities and Challenges: How Shared Autonomous Vehicles (SAVs) will revolutionize mobility. (Marvin Greifenstein , Universität St. Gallen)
German Design Award Winner 2024
Congratulations to studiokurbos for the great prize!
Statement of the jury:
“The ‘RUMBA’ research project shows what the interior of autonomous cars could look like. A fascinating look at a possible future that is not too far away.”
https://www.german-design-award.com/die-gewinner/galerie/detail/48460-rumba.html
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Evaluation Mid-Fidelity-Prototype
As part of WP 5 “Evaluation of the concepts in terms of driving safety and user experience”, the Hochschule der Medien evaluated two concepts for innovative vehicle interiors in experimental research settings: In a field study, a vehicle interior concept was evaluated with regard to social interaction during automated driving; in a driving simulator study, the focus was on work and entertainment during automated driving. The video provides insights into the vehicle interior concepts and the approach of the two evaluation studies.
RUMBA Halbzeitveranstaltung
Participants wanted: Your opinion matters
Shape the future with us and take part in our group discussion on an innovative concept for an automated vehicle! The group discussion will take place at Hochschule der Medien in Stuttgart and will last approximately two to three hours.
You are very welcome to share the flyer.
We are looking forward to your participation.
User requirements for the design of vehicle interiors for fully automated driving
Patricia Haar, Anne Pagenkopf, Michaela Teicht, Arnd Engeln – Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart
n the course of the first process step of the RUMBA project (UAP 1.2), the Hochschule der Medien conducted a user study. For this purpose, a combined driving simulator and diary study was used to investigate the requirements of fully automated driving on the vehicle interior as well as on displays and controls from the perspective of passenger car users. A paper (see Publications) reports core findings of the user study, which include non-driving activities performed during automated driving and interior design requirements. Among the non-driving activities, cell phone use and reading play a significant role. Interior requirements can be divided into nine categories: Interior design, climate, lighting, freedom of movement, interaction with passengers, seats, storage/stowage, controls, and shielding.
Survey: Car of the future (closed)
We are studiokurbos, a design studio from Stuttgart, and we are concerned with the fact that cars will drive autonomously in the future.
We are interested in how we can use the time, we have gained in which we no longer control the car, can use to ourselves.
For this purpose, we conduct an online survey and cordially invite you to take part.
The user study includes two consecutive surveys on the scenarios “recovery” and “productivity” in the vehicle of the future.
The survey takes a maximum of 5-10 minutes and is anonymous.
Help us to refine the results of the survey and forwoard this survey to your friends and colleagues.