AIDA - Affective Intelligent Driving Agent

The AIDA project (Affective, Intelligent Driving Agent), a collaboration between Volkswagen of America and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SENSEable City Lab and Personal Robots Group of Media Lab), is a platform comprising of a personal robot and an intelligent navigation system that aims to bring an innovative driving experience. We envision a navigation system that mimics the friendly expertise of a driving companion who is familiar with both the driver and the city. Instead of focusing solely on determining routes to a specified waypoint, our system utilizes analysis of driver behavior in order to identify the set of goals the driver would like to achieve. Furthermore, AIDA involves an understanding of the city beyond what can be seen through the windshield, incorporating information such as business and shopping districts, tourist and residential areas, as well as real-time event information and environmental conditions. Functinalities that gather information about driver preferences additionally help AIDA to behave more intelligently. One mandatory task for AIDA is to predict the destination of the driver as well as the most likely route that he/she will follow. This will in turn allow for useful reactions from AIDA such as proposing route alternatives when something unexpected happens in the predicted route, or providing the right information at the right time (e.g. a fuel warning before passing by a gas station) or even helping save energy.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• MIT
• SENSEablecitylab
• Media Lab
• Personal Robots Group
• Audi

[dmix09]

Is AIDA also aware of what takes place in the back seat?

[gtarrant2]

Great example, how many people can actually do regular math anymore in their head or without the aid of a handheld calculator? A simple device used to assist and increase efficiency has been abused to the point that people are ignorant to basic math and equations these days. I do not necessarily fear technology, I have a healthy respect for it. Like I do for chainsaws. I still know how to chop wood with an axe though. I wont get into the privacy issues of this system.

[MrNickmani]

I don't want Aida or anyone else to know a single thing about where I'm driving. These damn robots are starting to get on my last nerve.

[megaman64xd]

DIOS

¿AIDA?

xDDDD

[RkivUnderground]

0:02 - 0:16 AARGHH! THAT DREADFUL VOICE! What an annoying skank voice I have to suffer in the car. Hopefully AIDA doesn't sound like her.

[AndrooUK]

Yes, I often forget how to get to the supermarket I use 50-100 times per year.

[Shalek]

@bvolsky What's to stop them? You, don't let them make it mandatory. If you don't like your current government then stand up in arms. Not attacking you, just saying. I find the current government to be rotten beyond repair, time for a replacement.

[Shalek]

Is there a pleasure model?

[bvolsky]

"hey, you're driving a little fast there. lemme just let the cops know you're safety is in danger. Oh, did I say that last part out loud?" Seriously. If anybody knows a way to take the phototicket stoplight monitors off of the stoplight and onto my dash, please let me know. What is to stop law enforcement from quietly monitoring an online system that tracks your speed. Or doing anything short of making these a mandatory safety regulation?

[BankScamTakeover]

Who do you think is going to be monitoring all this data? They already know where you are is you use a dashboard GPS. You don't think that it will only direct you to selected shops? Eventually the car will drive you and the government will have more control over your car than you do. This is twenty-ten people!

[MysticCobra04]

First off Iam not taking about becoming a robot slave. Second at one point there will be no choice if this is standard just like almost all of car manufactures want to have in all their cars. The technology is of course getting cheaper by the months. And it will only be a matter of time before this will become the standard. If the gov tells the car manufactures to make that so they can have the ability to do what I was talking about.

[LuigiBrotha]

@MysticCobra04

Even though I would have to agree that cars indeed give you freedom I find it mind boggling that you believe a computer would take this away from you. You are free to choose if you want to follow it. Same goes for navigation systems : They offer an alternative. You don't need to do what they tell you to do but if you do then you might a traffic jam. And one of the biggest problems of driving that I find are traffic jams. You're far away from becoming a robotic slave.