AIDA - Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (Robot Only)

AIDA is part of the Sociable Car - Senseable Cities project which is a collaboration between the Personal Robots Group and the Senseable Cities Group at MIT. The AIDA robot was designed and built by the Personal Robots Group, while the Senseable Cities Group is working on intelligent navigation algorithms.

The aim of the Personal Robot's portion of the project is to expand the relationship between the car and the driver with the goal of making the driving experience more effective, safer, and more enjoyable. As part of this expanded relationship, we plan to introduce a new channel of communication between automobile and driver/passengers. This channel would be modeled on fundamental aspects of human social interaction including the ability to express and perceive affective/emotional state and key social behaviors. In pursuit of these aims we have developed the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA), a novel in-car interface capable of communicating with the cars occupants using both physical movement and a high resolution display. This interface is a research platform, which can be used as a tool for evaluating various topics in the area of social human-automobile interaction. Ultimately, the research conducted using the AIDA platform should lead to the development of new kinds of automobile interfaces, and an evolution in the relationship between car and driver.

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[darthcrab]

my wife now wants an Audi... great.. nice work .... now I gotta save for one.. lol

[loltehinternet]

Why in a car? I think more people use toilets than cars. Make a bathroomba or something.

[whatnottobe]

@1AmberRose1 yes, introducing robots in cars would make people distracted, because this is a new cool robot people would enjoy watching its features and looking at it instead of paying attention on the road.

[1AmberRose1]

But..I want one.

[1AmberRose1]

Great, another way to increase car crashes.

[punjedi]

Yeah, It's cute but I can just imagine you making too many wrong turns and it just gets right in your face..."I told you, GO NORTH" "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh*CRASH­*"

[aPastafarian]

Wow, another amazing social robot from the Personal Robotics Group. Each one of your inventions are amazing, I can't wait to see more.

[plasticpals1]

I think this could get distracting if it were positioned in the dash, and even obstruct your view when it extends its neck. You guys should look at Nissan's Pivo-kun.