Radical Innovation and Design for Connected and Automated Vehicles (Dagstuhl Seminar 22222)

Abstract

This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 22222 “Radical Innovation and Design for Connected and Automated Vehicles”. Automated driving will most likely be the next big change in individual mobility. While research is still primarily concerned with technical challenges of Automated Driving Systems (ADS), HCI researchers and designers already started to develop concepts on how to use privately owned ADS as a space for non-driving-related activities, going beyond what is possible today. There is, however, room to think about creative ways to use automated vehicles (AV) and connected technology towards the public interest beyond incremental changes, which is what we addressed in this seminar. We challenged the current generative/evaluative research approach for automated driving systems against a radical innovations attempt and questioned whether the current incremental research approach is appropriate for the development of future vehicles. As an integral part of the seminar we wanted participants to learn from each other and to disseminate each individual’s experience for boosting subsequent research by trying out different methods that support the “out of the box” thinking (e.g., brainwriting, bodystorming, focus groups, World Café, amongst others).