Subject:AI&Robotics seminar, Prof. Frank Flemisch
Host Prof. dr. ir. David Abbink
We are pleased to invite you to attend the lunch seminar:
Tuesday September 3rd 2019,12.30-13.30
Lecture Hall A - Leonardo da Vinci
Building number: 34, Mekelweg 2
Lunch buffet open from 12.00
*Please forward this invitation to interested students and employees
Title:"“Automation, Autonomy & Symbiotic systems in Vehicle engineering”
Abstract:
“Automated and so-called autonomous vehicles are heavily discussed in the media. Vehicle automation started in aviation and space, and is now in the process to land on our roads, which may fundamentally change the way we drive. Will this process be an incremental evolution or a disruptive revolution? For sure the technological developments change the ways in which vehicles can be engineered. Companies sell so-called „autopilots“, but also had to face deadly accidents related to the misuse of such systems by users. What are the key issues of vehicle automation? What is autonomy, what is automation? Are “autonomous cars” feasible at all? How will the user be integrated with such technically sophisticated systems? What will be the likely consequences for vehicle engineering? The seminar will start with very early history of automation and autonomy, will give some insight into research milestones of the last two decades. The state of the art will be presented, and a potential roadmap towards truly cooperative, symbiotic traffic systems discussed. Finally, an engineering approach will be advocated which does not only address technical aspects, but systemically integrates technical, human and organizational aspects. “
BIO:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Ole Flemisch started as an aerospace engineer with a specialization in systems engineering and system dynamics. After a couple of years in the management and training of safety critical systems in the German Airforce, he did his Ph.D. in Human Factors Engineering for Assistance and Automation at the University of German Armed Forces in Munich, which was the leading edge of autonomous driving and assistance system at that time. From 2001 to 2004 he pursued a NRC associateship on haptic-multimodal interaction with unmanned flying vehicles at NASA, Langley, USA. Transferring this work into the field of ground vehicles, he built up and led a research group for System Ergonomics & Design at the German Aerospace Center DLR, initiating and leading German and European projects on automotive assistant and automation systems, and served as the lead of a national standardization group and a technical expert in ISO TC204. He and his team, together with partners from academia and industry, coined the terms highly automated driving and cooperative automation. Beyond the work on assistance and automation he also engaged in research on fundamental questions concerning design and development processes. From 2011 to 2014, he was head of the Department for Human Machine Systems, since 2014 leading the department of Human System Integration at the Fraunhofer FKIE institute near Bonn, Germany. He is also a Professor for Human Systems Integration at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany, and representing Germany in the STO-HFM Human Factors and Medicine Panel, the scientific advisory body of NATO.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Ole Flemisch started as an aerospace engineer with a specialization in systems engineering and system dynamics. He spent many years in research on assistant systems and automation at University of Munich, NASA and DLR, served as the lead of a national standardization group and a technical expert in ISO TC204. He and his team, together with partners from academia and industry, coined the terms highly automated driving and cooperative automation. Since 2011 he is leading a department of Human System Integration at the Fraunhofer FKIE institute near Bonn, Germany, is Professor for Human Systems Integration at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany, and member of the NATO-STO Human Factors and Medicine Panel.
We are looking forward to see you all on Tuesday September 3rd.
Kind regards,
Karin van Tongeren
Secretary Robotics Institute
