The SKYNIVI experience: evoking startle and frustration in dyads and single drivers

Published in ‘Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference in Intelligent Transportations Systems 2019’, IEEE 2019

Abstract

To study naturalistic in-cabin emotion we developed SKYNIVI, a modified open source driving simulator, with scenarios designed to elicit startle and frustration. We target generating these emotions because we believe that by detecting these it will be possible for autonomous vehicles to learn to drive better. We show how to use SKYNIVI to develop datasets that capture naturalistic emotions in drivers and passengers for algorithmic development. We recruited 51 participants as dyads and single drivers to participate in two different scenarios. We show that we were able to evoke hundreds of instances of our target emotions in this cohort and present an analysis of factors we found to impact emotional expression including: scenario design , demographic factors, personality and baseline affect . We find that having a second person in the vehicle impacts observed expressions of emotion even when no difference in baseline affect is reported.

Key Contributions

  • Research methodology development
  • Experimental design and analysis
  • Technical implementation and validation

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Citation

@INPROCEEDINGS{8813831, author={Alvarez, Ignacio and Healey, Jennifer and Lewis, Erica}, booktitle={2019 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)}, title={The SKYNIVI Experience: Evoking Startle and Frustration in Dyads and Single Drivers}, year={2019}, volume={}, number={}, pages={76-81}, keywords={Automobiles;Autonomous vehicles;Monitoring;Roads;Training}, doi={10.1109/IVS.2019.8813831} }
Alvarez, Ignacio and Healey, Jennifer and Lewis, Erica (2019). The SKYNIVI experience: evoking startle and frustration in dyads and single drivers. 2019 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV).