SALSA - We develop AI-based systems for autonomous driving

Short description of the project

In SALSA (Smart, Adaptive and Learnable Systems for All), the research focuses on vehicle interiors for cars and trucks. These should adapt as far as possible to different driving situations, including enabling relaxed sleeping, but also safe takeover of the driving task and intuitive use of driver assistance and autonomous driving functions.

Project objectives

At Fraunhofer IOSB, AI is being developed that recognizes when a person is sleeping and waking up and ensures that when the vehicle is taken over, attention is focused on the driving task. Our “Perceptual User Interfaces” group is also researching the AI-generated interaction between AI systems and occupants and developing so-called generated user interfaces (GenU-In) in SALSA.

Project result

SALSA will deliver research results for safe autonomous driving and develop a competitive AI assistant. Fraunhofer IOSB has already set standards in human-AI interaction and prepared important research fields around safe sleeping while driving. On behalf of customers, Fraunhofer IOSB is already transferring these research results into many related applications and prototypes in the automotive industry.