Some pitfalls in the promises of automated and autonomous vehicles

Ergonomics
P A Hancock

Abstract

Differing forms of self-operating transportation are already among us and some have been in operation now for an extended period of time. From elevators and escalators to airport transit trams, we already use many fully automatic systems. Now such technologies are very publicly and prominently penetrating into the on-road environment of everyday personal vehicle usage. The present article raises and addresses a number of the specific and more general human factors/ergonomic issues associated with such an evolutionary step. One particular concern is that of identified responsibility when such systems fail to perform flawlessly. The ways in which this (r)evolution will impact the social and cultural fabric of affected societies is also considered. Further observations as to the vector of the future characteristics of these vehicular forms and how they and other autonomous systems will affect our world are examined. The very future of the human experience depends upon the ways in which such systems are designed, enacted and integrated into everyday life and these are fundamentally ergonomic endeavours.Practitioner's Summary: The prominence of practitioners working on advanced human-machine systems will increase with public concern...Continue Reading

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May 18, 2019·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Shuling LiPeter A Hancock
Feb 6, 2020·Human Factors·P A HancockBrenda H Vrkljan
Nov 30, 2019·BMJ Health & Care Informatics·Mark SujanNick Reynolds
Jun 24, 2020·Ergonomics·Gemma J M ReadRoderick J McClure
May 31, 2020·Anesthesiology·Keith J RuskinScott R Winter
Jan 29, 2019·Ergonomics·Colleen Emmenegger, Don Norman
Dec 5, 2019·Work : a Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation·Jennifer LongGiulio Toccafondi
Apr 9, 2019·Ergonomics·J C F de Winter
Oct 20, 2020·Frontiers in Psychology·P A Hancock
Dec 29, 2020·Anesthesiology·Keith J RuskinScott R Winter
Sep 4, 2021·Accident; Analysis and Prevention·Owain T RitchieAlex Mouzakitis

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