Research project

HF Auto: Human Factors of Highly Automated Driving

Research groups:

Transportation Research Group
Lead researchers:

Emeritus Professor Neville Stanton
Research funder:

European Union
Status:

Not active

Project overview

In the HF Auto project, experiments in driving simulators and on the road were performed to investigate human interaction with various levels of automation including:

full-range ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control)
SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) level 2 automation with drivers monitoring the automation, and
SAE level 3 automation allowing drivers to take their eyes off the road.

Studies focused on passenger cars but also included truck platooning.

HF Auto bridged the gap between engineers and psychologists through a multidisciplinary research and training programme.

Staff

Lead researchers

Emeritus Professor Neville Stanton

Research interests

Ergonomics and Human Factors methods
Distributed cognition and distributed situation awareness
The effects of automation on human tasks, mainly focused on the development of vehicle automation in road transport

Connect with Neville

Email: N.Stanton@soton.ac.uk