Researchers at the University of Stuttgart are participating in the RUMBA project to design a vehicle interior [Picture: University of Stuttgart/IKTD]
Researchers at the University of Stuttgart are participating in the RUMBA project to design a vehicle interior [ Picture: University of Stuttgart/IKTD] Reading or even sleeping while driving a car but still being ready to take over behind the wheel in an emergency - once highly automated vehicles first appear on the road, the opportunities and requirements for drivers and passengers will change. Researchers at the University of Stuttgart are working with a number of partners from business and science to investigate how the interior of the vehicle will need to be designed in future to ensure comfort and safety under changed circumstances as part of the RUMBA research project funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Developments towards automated driving are advancing steadily. Many driving functions can already be implemented from a technical perspective but so far the needs of the driver have been an afterthought, especially with regard to interior design. Against this background, the RUMBA project, which aims to create a positive user experience by means of a user-friendly interior design for automated driving functions, is developing the vision of an integrated concept of driving comfort for autonomous driving. In a consortium led by Robert Bosch GmbH, the Technical Design research and teaching area at the Institute for Engineering Design and Industrial Design (IKTD) at the University of Stuttgart is cooperating with well-known manufacturers, suppliers as well as small and medium-sized companies from the automotive industry.
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