Social behavior for autonomous vehicles

Deployment of autonomous vehicles on public roads promises increased efficiency and safety. It requires understanding the intent of human drivers and adapting to their driving styles. Autonomous vehicles must also behave in safe and predictable ways without requiring explicit communication. We integrate tools from social psychology into autonomous-vehicle decision making to quantify and predict the social behavior of other drivers and to behave in a socially compliant way. A key component is Social Value Orientation (SVO), which quantifies the degree of an agent's selfishness or altruism, allowing us to better predict how the agent will interact and cooperate with others. We model interactions between agents…

• TR
  Toyota Research Institute
• NO
  Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  Award: Veni 15916
• OO
  Office of Naval Research

  Award: N00014-18-1-2830