AIDA is one of the latest intelligent driving virtual agents which aims to change the way we interact with our car and communicates with the driver through a small robot embedded in the dashboard. AIDA is a sociable robot, which reads the driver’s mood from facial coding and through emotion capturing and responds in a socially appropriate and informative way. Watch video:
AIDA communicates in a very immediate way: with the seamlessness of a smile or the blink of an eye. Over time, a kind of symbiotic relationship should develop between the driver and AIDA, whereby both parties learn from each other and establish an affective bond.
To identify the set of goals the driver would like to achieve, AIDA analyses the driver’s mobility patterns, keeping track of common routes and destinations. AIDA draws on an understanding of the city beyond what can be seen through the windshield. It incorporates real-time event information and knowledge of environmental conditions, as well as commercial activity, tourist attractions, and residential areas.
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