 The final prototype of a haptic control used to do various user tests in a driver environment. |  Programming the haptic control in arduino |
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 Early prototypes of different haptic concepts |  Sketches of all the complete concepts with multi-modal interaction for the driver |
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 |  A driver-less car we had the opportunity to go with right after the French journalists |
DEVELOPMENT OF AN HAPTIC HMI FOR AUTONOMOUS CARS
This is my master thesis project which I did together with my coauthor and friend Alexander Mitton. The project involved an intensive research phase with literature study, observations of analogies to get ideas, an online survey and a creative workshop.
The research gave us a broad understanding of the problem and how a solution would exist of not only one product but a combination of different products. Sketches of the ideas of different haptic HMI solutions (communicating through touch) for the steering wheel, new innovative controls, wearables, pedals and modifications of the seat can be seen below.
Last but not least, we had a long iterative prototype phase were we developed different tests and built a range of prototypes to see the benefits of using a haptic control.