Collaborations with University of
Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Touchstone
Evaluations, Inc., University of
Michigan International Center for Automotive Medicine, and
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology Center for Transportation and Logistics
Agelab
Project expansion reinforces research vision of promoting
safety innovations and facilitating a seamless transition to future
mobility solutions
ANN
ARBOR, Mich., July 27,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota's Collaborative Safety
Research Center (CSRC) today announced plans to launch three new
projects as part of its next phase of research, dedicated to
advancing safety in mobility technologies. The research projects
include an investigation on driver support features for vehicle
lane centering, the creation of an in-vehicle intervention
prototype to promote safe driving and the use of data to help
improve technology to aid driver decision making to encourage safer
driving behavior.
Additionally, Toyota announced that it has joined the Vulnerable
Road User Injury Prevention Alliance (VIPA) at the University of Michigan International Center for
Automotive Medicine (ICAM) to support ongoing research into crashes
with shared road-users such as pedestrians, cyclists and e-scooter
riders. VIPA seeks to enhance industry-wide understanding of common
scenarios between motor vehicles and non-vehicle road users that
have historically led to crashes and injuries, with an aim to
ultimately contribute to the development of effective mitigation or
prevention measures.
Along with the 13 projects announced in 2022, the three new
projects are part of the current five-year $30 million commitment to explore diverse safety
needs and analyze inclusive mobility options that cater to various
applications, physical characteristics and accessibility levels for
individuals and society.
"Our new research projects exemplify CSRC's dedication to our
mission of improving safety in the automotive industry," said Danil
Prokhorov, director of Toyota's CSRC. "By collaborating with
researchers to study real-world problems related to mobility
technologies, we aim to develop enhanced engineering tools and
empower drivers to maximize the potential of advanced
technologies."
For the new projects, CSRC is leveraging the expertise of
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Agelab, University of Michigan Transportation Research
Institute, and Touchstone Evaluations, Inc., respectively. Findings
from the research projects will be shared publicly, maximizing the
impact of these collaborations to help advance a future safe
mobility society.
The three new research projects are:
Research
Projects
|
Collaborator
|
Objective
|
Establishing
metrics
and evaluating the
benefits of
automated lane
centering support
|
Massachusetts
Institute of
Technology (MIT)
Agelab
|
Researchers will
analyze real-world data from
volunteer drivers to understand the primary
and secondary advantages of automated lane-
keeping assistance. This research may provide
valuable insights into how various driver
support features help promote safe driving.
|
Risky driving
countermeasure development and
pilot testing
|
University of
Michigan
Transportation
Research Institute
(UMTRI)
|
Researchers will work
to develop prototype
in-vehicle interventions to encourage safe
driving behavior. Evaluations with volunteer
participants will be conducted to test the
effectiveness of proposed interventions.
|
Risk profiles
and
context in driver management
|
Touchstone
Evaluations, Inc.
|
Researchers will use
driving research data to
quantify the relationships between
personality, trip goals and risky driving
behaviors such as speeding, hand-held device
use and tailgating. This research may help
improve technology to aid driver decision
making and encourage safer behaviors.
|
Toyota created the Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC)
in 2011 to advance mobility safety for industry and society through
open collaborations with universities, hospitals and other
institutions. With current commitments, to date CSRC has received
$115 million for foundational and
applied safety research, including development of tools and testing
procedures related to advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and
research into human factors on vehicle safety, among others.
The current phase of research 2022 – 2025 at CSRC is focused
three key tracks:
- Human-Centric: CSRC strives to help ensure
that safe mobility technologies are universally
accessible and comprehensible, enabling everyone to benefit from
them.
- Safety Assurance: By investigating traffic environment,
human drivers and potential safety hazards, CSRC aims to enhance
safe operations and mitigate risks associated with mobility
technologies.
- Assessment: CSRC focuses on quantifying mobility safety
measures to facilitate informed decision-making and drive effective
safety strategies.
These new initiatives join CSRC's roster of 98 research projects
with more than 30 different institutions. To date, CSRC has
published over 275 research papers and engaged more than 300
researchers, who have publicly shared the output globally. The
projects have made meaningful contributions to help advance
research and technology relating to the safe integration of future
mobility solutions for all.
TMNA R&D
For more than 50 years, Toyota Motor
North America Research & Development (TMNA R&D) has led
engineering for several of the best-selling Toyota vehicles on U.S.
roads. Teams are now creating both next-generation vehicles and new
and advanced mobility concepts that can better move people, goods
and information. Toyota's innovation has produced more patents from
the United States Patent and Trademark Office than any other
automaker for the past 9 consecutive years (3,056 in 2022).
Centered in Ann Arbor, Michigan,
TMNA R&D is pursuing Toyota's mission to "Produce Happiness for
All" by making life safer, easier and more enjoyable. Globally,
Toyota spends approximately $1
million per hour on R&D to ensure that Toyota rapidly
and continuously develops cutting-edge, high-quality, and appealing
vehicles.
CONTACT
Olivia
Boisineau
Olivia.boisineau@toyota.com
734-834-0885
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