Requirements for an Autonomous Taxi and a Resulting Interior Concept

• Published in: HCI International 2020 - Posters Vol. 1226; pp. 374 - 381
• Main Authors: Kipp, Manuel, Bubb, Ingrid, Schwiebacher, Johannes, Schockenhoff, Ferdinand, Koenig, Adrian, Bengler, Klaus
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2020; Springer International Publishing
• Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science
• Subjects: Autonomous taxi; Interior concept; User requirements
• ISBN: 3030507319; 9783030507312
• ISSN: 1865-0929; 1865-0937
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-50732-9_50

Due to a variety of possible activities, which passengers are able to follow in a self-driving vehicle, we are convinced that the flexibility of mobility as a service allows offering different theme-taxis. Within the project UNICARagil (founded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany), we develop a concept for theme taxis. Since the aspired vehicle concept regarded in the project opts for an optimal interior-space, a taxi for work purpose is suggested. In this paper, we present the requirements for the fully automated driverless taxi and a resulting interior concept. The focus of the requirement specification are the fundamental needs of the passengers to safely enter and leave the vehicle and the possibilities to use time during a ride efficiently. Another main aspect of the requirements is the well-being of the passengers during their entire stay in the vehicle.