KAMÄLEON - Constructively adaptive mobility for light vehicles through dynamic vehicle adaptation with AI-based multisensory environment recognition

The aim of Kamäleon is to make mobility more flexible by giving certain vehicles (light e-vehicles) an adaptive traffic licence. This means that the vehicles adapt to the traffic behaviour and the environment. The e-vehicles use AI and algorithms to recognise the different areas being travelled on (road, cycle path, pedestrian area) and automatically reduce their speed to the maximum possible speed allowed. This means that these electric-powered small vehicles can be used more flexibly and safely on a wide variety of traffic lanes. Thus, they not only improve the mobility of the population (especially people with walking disabilities), but can also contribute to improving air quality in the inner-city area.

HFC's main goal in the project is to develop the human-machine interface, as the status of the vehicle should be visible to the outside world for all other traffic participants. We are considering the question of how the vehicle's display can inform other road users in a simple and understandable way that it is in a permissible operating mode for the area currently being travelled. To do this, HFC conducted several workshops and interim evaluations, the results of which have already been used to develop a final concept. At the end of the project, an additional field test lasting several months is planned in several cities to investigate how comprehensible the display is, whether traffic participants feel well informed and the general acceptance of such mobility concepts.

The project is being conducted in the period 2019 - 2023 and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (funding code 16SV8205).