Type of project: Industry-cooperation (INI.TUM)
Summary: This research includes the quantification of seating positions in vehicles dependent on different parameters. The main topic is the analysis of adjusted seating positions of test persons in order to derive possible correlations to different visual conditions of vehicles.
Research topics: Digital human modeling, Development of measurement metrics
Contact: Daniel Lorenz
Type of project: Industry-cooperation
Summary: The design of workplaces and software for traffic control centers is an ergonomic challenge due to the large amount of data to be displayed. The goal of this project is to establish an approach for the ergonomic design of such workplaces. To validate the results, defined standards and the digital human model RAMSIS are used.
Research topics: Digital human modeling, Interaction concepts
Contact: Severina Popova
Type of project: CAR@TUM-Project (BMW Forschung und Technik GmbH)
Summary: Interdisciplinary project of four University Institutes with the BMW Forschung und Technik GmbH which aims at the theoretical and practical classification of customer experience
Research topics: Interaction concepts, development of measurement metrics
Contact: Cristina Olaverri-Monreal
Type of project: Industry-cooperation
Summary: The European Statement of Principles on human machine interface (ESoP) is a recommendation of the Commission of the European Communities (CEC) in the design of Human-Machine-Interfaces (HMI) of In-Vehicle Information Systems (IVIS). Based on ESoP and ISO-standards the Institute of Ergonomics does further research in the field of assessment methods (e.g. the peripheral detection task).
Research topics: concepts of interaction, development of assessment methods
Contact: Michael Krause
Type of project: EU FP7 funded by the European commission
Summary: The main objective of DHErgo is to develop more advanced digital humans in terms of strength, motion, and discomfort simulation. Functional data are obtained by means of extensive experiments with real subjects.
Research topics: Digital human modeling, Biomechanical Modeling
Contact: Florian Engstler & Fabian Günzkofer
Type of project: EU FP7 funded by the European commission
Summary: The project’s core concept is that, for a given trip by a particular driver in a particular vehicle, we could approach the theoretical least possible fuel consumption with the “perfect eco-driver” travelling through the “perfectly eco-managed” road network.
Research topics: Interaction concepts
Contact: Christoph Rommerskirchen
Type of project: Sponsored by the BMVBS (Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development)
Summary: The aim of the project is to collect data about usage and mobility behavior by operating a fleet of electric vehicles in the model region of Munich
Research topics: Development of measurement metrics
Contact: Nicole Trübswetter
Type of project: CAR@TUM (Industry)
Summary: Sustainable vehicle concepts are the basis for the economic success of a car manufacturer. The interdisciplinary research project, Energy Management III develops scientific methods for the multi-criteria optimization and evaluation of vehicle concepts.
Research topics: Investigation of multimodal interaction concepts for human machine interaction, Development of measurement metrics
Contact: Thomas Müller
Type of project: Training module, commissioned by the Bayerischen Wirtschaft (bfz) gemeinnützige GmbH as part of the training to become a certified disability manager
Summary: Basic aspects of ergonomic workplace design for people with disabilities are presented. The main components of the module are research opportunities on the Internet and the use of the standard for classification of technical aids for people with disabilities (DIN EN ISO 9999).
Research topics: -
Contact: Dino Bortot
Type of project: Bayerische Forschungsstiftung
Summary: The spatial and temporal combination of humans and robots is important for a variety of reasons. From an ergonomic point of view the main challenges are, to guarantee the acceptance of the overall system by future users as well as the realization of harmonious and efficient motions of the two entities through a model-like description of human motion behavior.
To achieve this experimental studies are conducted.
Research topics: Interaction concepts, Multimodal interaction
Contact: Dino Bortot
Type of project: Funded by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), in cooperation with the German Center for Aerospace Technology, Braunschweig
Summary: The “H-mode” is a cooperative project between the Institute of Ergonomics and the German Center for Aerospace Technology in Braunschweig. The goal is to develop an intuitive, multimodal concept for guiding highly automated vehicles.
Research topics: Interaction concepts, multimodal interaction
Contact: Daniel Damböck & Martin Kienle
Type of project: BISp - Knee friendly bindings
Summary: Development of a physical human leg model incorporated with artificial muscles, ligaments and a skin coat
Research topics: New materials in sport, Interaction athlete - equipment, Protective equipment & prophylaxis of injuries, Sports equipment for more Comfort, well being and health
Contact: Michaela Nusser
Type of project: Industrie
Summary: The project KOGNIFAS deals with the development of driver assistance systems, which analyze the behavior of other road users by means of driver intention models and anticipates the probability of situation changing.
Research topics: Investigation of interaction concepts for efficient interaction with future assistance systems and highly automated systems
Contact: Thomas Müller & Hermann Hajek
Type of project: Bavarian Research Foundation
Summary: Optimization of traffic light times and communication between infrastructure and cars. Development of a traffic light assistance for in-vehicle systems and nomadic devices.
Research topics: concepts of interaction
Contact: Michael Krause & Christoph Rommerskirchen
Type of project: Commissioned by Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
Summary: Zur determine long term effects of systems for detecting driver state a methodological concept is developed. So possible effects of new technological developments in this area are to be enabled for assessment and empirical evaluation.
Research topics: Interaction concepts; development of evaluation procedures
Contact: Armin Eichinger
Type of project: funded by “Bayerische Forschungsstiftung”
Summary: This project deals with the safety of sports equipment made of carbon composites, especially mountain bikes. Main topics are fatigue behavior, impact behavior and nondestructive testing.
Research topics: New Materials in Sports
Contact: Franz Höchtl
Type of project: TUM internal
Summary: Im Projekt MUTE entwickeln 27 Lehrstühle der TU München ein Elektrofahrzeug, welches im September 2011 auf der Internationalen Automobilausstellung (IAA) der Öffentlichkeit präsentiert wird.
Research topics: Digitale Menschmodellierung, Interaktionskonzepte, Multimodale Interaktion
Contact: Carsten Dlugosch & Florian Kremser
Type of project: Industry
Summary: Background of the project is the question, whether due the demographic change in the ergonomic design of a vehicle the needs of older drivers (60+ generation) have to be more addressed then in current vehicles. Therefore it has to be clarified, how far the anthropometric needs of older vehicle users differ from those of the younger and which vehicle areas are affected from that in particular.
Research topics: Digital human modeling, Development of measurement metrics
Contact: Martin Brenner
Type of project: Industry-cooperation (INI.TUM)
Summary: Development of an overall-operation-concept for a car-infotainment-system, which causes preferably low distraction from the actual driving task and guarantees a facile and certain task execution.
Research topics: Multimodal interaction
Contact: Andreas Blattner
Type of project: industry funded
Summary: Quantitative comparison of the comfort of different materials for bicycle tracks
Research topics: vibration comfort
Contact: Franz Höchtl
Type of project: Supported by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) within the support programme Autonomik
Summary: The viEMA project is aimed at the development of a flexible robot cell. Next to constructive challenges the concept of the HMI is of particular importance.
Research topics: Interaction concepts, Multimodal interaction
Contact: Uwe Herbst