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Objective: This paper aims to explore pivotal issues of today challenges regarding automated vehicles (AVs) and develop an integrative discussion evoking the activity-centred approach towards a research agenda on relations between human operators and automated systems. Background: Despite being an emerging technology, automated driving is forecast to contribute to the performance, safety, and comfort of road transport. In the advent of “mobility of the future” models, questions focused on how such technologies will modify drivers’ activity and their relations with automation need further research. Method: Through an exploratory strategy, an interview study was carried out with four automated driving expert researchers to identify their perspectives and recommendations regarding the interaction with AVs. Results: Three primary themes were identified reflecting the new ways of mobilising the human activity when the operational conditions of automated systems are no longer met; and how the human-automation relationships could be apprehended in terms of technology appropriation. Application: The study highlights the need to consider “the activity” as a unit of analysis in the integration between human drivers and automation. A reflection is provided by debating the contributions of the activity-centred approach for supporting the development of representations and the appropriation of automated driving technology.
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Silva, D., Cunha, L. (2022). The Challenges of Automated Driving Contributions Towards a Human-Automation Research Agenda from the Lens of the Activity. In: Arezes, P.M., et al. Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health III. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 406. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89617-1_52
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