The advent of autonomous vehicles is one of the most anticipated technological developments of our time. But despite much progress in recent years, highly automated driving systems are still a long way from being able to drive freely on the streets of our cities. A major bottleneck on the road to the many potential benefits of these systems is their ability to share the road safely and efficiently with human-driven cars and pedestrians. This is a very complex issue, in which AI can play a decisive role.
HERALD Lab develops novel AI methods that will enable automated driving systems to interact responsibly and robustly with the people around them. To do this we will combine machine learning, cognitive modelling, control theory and multi-agent simulations. Ultimately, our goal is to lay the groundwork for a new generation of autonomous vehicles that are truly reliable partners for the people around them.
The HERALD Lab is part of the TU Delft AI Labs programme.
The team
Directors
Luca Laurenti
Faculty of 3mE
Lab director
Arkady Zgonnikov
Faculty of 3mE
Lab director
PhD candidates
Steven Adams
PhD candidate
Ashwin George
PhD candidate
Frederik Mathiesen
PhD candidate
Julian Schumann
PhD candidate
Associated faculty
David Abbink
Associated faculty
Simeon Calvert
Associated faculty
Jens Kober
Associated faculty
Manuel Mazo
Associated faculty
Luciano Siebert
Associated faculty
Education
Courses
Resources
Master projects
Openings
- Cognitive modeling of traffic interactions
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Automated discovery of behavior prediction metrics for autonomous vehicles
- In addition to the projects above, we are always open to conversations with MSc students interested in doing a research assignment/graduation project aligned with our research directions
Ongoing
- Hybrid AI for pedestrian behavior prediction
Frederik Westerhout - Modeling metacognition during decision making in traffic
Floor Bontje - The role of attention in drivers’ decision making during merging
Merijn van Niekerk - Investigating interactive merging behavior in a coupled driving simulator
Loran Bogaart
Finished
Partners
