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MEDIATOR behind the scenes: monitoring the driver

16 December 2021

MEDIATOR is developing a system that mediates between human driver and the vehicle automation to ensure safe, real-time switching between the two, based on who is fittest to drive. Currently, the prototypes of the four main system components and their integration are getting shape. Here we briefly introduce the driver state component with the key concepts of fatigue, distraction and comfort. The …

Highlights from the MEDIATOR Advisory Board meetings

01 December 2021

On 16th of November 2021 the third Advisory Board meeting took place online. As our AB members come from all over the world, two meetings were held to accommodate for the timezone differences. In the morning session the scientific experts Satoshi Kitazaki from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan), David Shinar from the Ben-Gurion University (Israel) and Ann …