Motion Comfort – Human Factors in Automated Driving

Authors

Dominique Bohrmann, M. Eng., Technical University of Munich - TUM, Garching, Germany, Mercedes-Benz AG, Research and Development, Sindelfingen, Germany;
Tobias Koch, B. Sc., University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; 
Christoph Maier, B. Eng., Trier University of Applied Sciences, Trier, Germany; 
Dipl.-Ing. Wolfram Just, Mercedes-Benz AG, Research and Development, Sindelfingen, Germany; 
Prof. Dr. phil. Klaus Bengler, Technical University of Munich - TUM, Garching, Germany

Summary

In the development of future mobility concepts, automated vehicles (AV) will change road transportation and promise increasing quality of life. In order to allow non-driving related tasks (NDRT) like eating, texting or relaxing during the journey, the vehicle has to be designed differently. According to future interior concepts, the vehicle becomes a new living space with several innovative features for enabling different activities. The primary weakness of the described automation development, however, is the human being itself. Many occupants react with symptoms of pallor, dizziness, headache, sweating or vomiting while performing NDRTs. This phenomenon of the human organism has been known for many centuries and receives the name of kinetosis (motion sickness).
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