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151-Human Factors consideration of tele and remote operation for Automated Vehicles 

Date and Time: Monday, July 10, 2023: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Continental 1-3

Session Moderators and Organizers

MODERATORS
Natasha Merat, Professor, Human Factors of Transport Systems, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
Stacy Balk, Human Factors/Engineering Integration Division, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

ORGANIZERS
Natasha Merat and Stacy Balk

TRB Sponsoring Committees and Partners

TRB Standing Committee on Road Vehicle Automation
TRB Committee on Vehicle-HighwayAutomation

Session Description and Agenda

DESCRIPTION

In this session the presenters will provide a short overview of the results from research projects and activities involving human factors challenges and opportunities of tele and remote operation for highly automated vehicles, followed by a workshop allowing workshop participants to discuss and develop future research needs in this context.

AGENDA

1:30 Introductions and aims of the session Natasha Merat/Stacy Balk

1:40 Michael Oehl - User-Centered Design and Evaluation of a Prototypical Workplace for the Technical
Supervisor according to the German Law for Autonomous Driving

2:00 Yanbin Wu - Transitioning a Bus Driver to a Remote Operator: A Preliminary Study to understand the
Remote Operation Task

2:20 Josh Domeyer - ISO Activities on Remote Support of ADS

2:40 Stacy Balk TBC

3:00-3:20 Coffee break

3:20-4:20 Breakout groups to discuss challenges and prepare research needs statements

4:20-4:50 Report back from groups

4:50 Close and follow-on activities

Session Objectives

To share knowledge on human factors opportunities and challenges of remote and tele operation. This session will hear from an international panel of speakers and their projects in this area, with representations from North America, Japan and Europe