| Dimension | Characteristics |
|---|---|
| Trust Type | Competency-based |
| Interaction | Provocation |
| Stage | Changing |
| Risk | Physical |
| System | Robotic-AV |
| Test Environment | ITL-Artificial |
| Measurement | Self-Reported |
| Application Domain | UC needs special equipment; Aspects are task-specific |
| Pattern | Suck-it-and-see |
Emergency stop
Contributed by:
MMousavi
Description
Members of the public were invited to push a button to move a dummy pedestrian in front of a moving 1/8 scale autonomous vehicle in order to observe how its sensors enable it to stop at a safe distance.
Commentary
Conducted at an exhibition. Fun for participants and a compelling demonstration of AV trustworthiness with respect to emergency stop situations. Limited transferability as the usecase requires an autonomous vehicle and a suitably secure public test environment.
Original purpose
The experiment aimed to measure public perception of trust.
RRI issues
There is a question mark over whether encouraging members of the public to 'throw' someone in front of a moving vehicle - even in fun - is desirable. When confronted by real AVs, will those participants feel emboldened to try something similar?
Source
Araujo, Hugo LS, et al. "Trusted autonomous vehicles: An interactive exhibit." 2019 IEEE International Conferences on Ubiquitous Computing & Communications (IUCC) and Data Science and Computational Intelligence (DSCI) and Smart Computing, Networking and Services (SmartCNS). IEEE, 2019.