Prof.dr.ir. D.A. (David) Abbink
Prof.dr.ir. D.A. (David) Abbink
Profile
Media attention and outreach
Research of the Delft Haptics Lab often receive media attention, click here for a recent overview
Awards
Members of the Delft Haptics Lab have received multiple awards for education, research and entrepreneurship.
Biography
David Abbink (1977) is a full Professor in Haptic Human-Robot Interaction at the Department of Cognitive Robotics, Faculty of 3mE, Delft University of Technology. There he heads the Delft Haptics Lab. Driven by the vision to enhance co-operation between human and intelligent machine, David and his team strive towards excellent research and education in human-robot interaction and haptics.
Projects
Several key projects on which David and his team worked:
- 2002-2015 Industry projects funded by Nissan Motor Company
- 2007-2011 Industry projects funded by the Boeing Company
- 2010-2013 VENI "Feeling is Believing"
- 2011-2017 H-Haptics - human-centered haptic for tele-robotics
- 2016-2021 VIDI "Symbiotic Driving"
Publications
-
2024
First International Workshop on Worker-Robot Relationships
Exploring Transdisciplinarity for the Future of Work with Robots
Cristina Zaga / Maria Luce Lupetti / Deborah Forster / Dave Murray-Rust / Micah Prendergast / David Abbink -
2024
Haptic Shared Control for Dissipating Phantom Traffic Jams
Klaas O. Koerten / David A. Abbink / Arkady Zgonnikov
-
2024
Human Merging Behavior in a Coupled Driving Simulator
How Do We Resolve Conflicts?
Olger Siebinga / Arkady Zgonnikov / David A. Abbink -
2024
Nudging human drivers via implicit communication by automated vehicles
Empirical evidence and computational cognitive modeling
Arkady Zgonnikov / Niek Beckers / Ashwin George / David Abbink / Catholijn Jonker -
2023
A Multi-Modal Feedback Communication Interface for Human Working Posture Adjustments
Kushal Thirani / David A. Abbink / Luka Peternel
-
Media
-
2022-09-01
Een robot als collega
Appeared in: De Ingenieur, 2023, vol. 134, nr. 9
-
2021-09-06
Max Mulder in de media 2021
Appeared in: TU Delft
-
2020-09-29
Driving behavior less 'robotic' thanks to new model
Appeared in: TechXplore
-
2020-04-01
Human-robot symbiosis improves interaction
Appeared in: Newswise
-
2018-10-01
Feeling the way towards haptics in maritime
Appeared in: The Naval Architect, p. 26-27
Prizes
-
2019-10
Andrew P. Sage Best Transaction Paper 2018
The Andrew P. Sage Best Transaction Paper is selected from all 2018 publications of the SMC transaction journals: e.g., Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, Transactions on Cybernetics. Criteria include: originality, technical merit, potential impact to the SMCS Field of Interest, and presentation quality.
IEEE Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics -
2014
Human Factors Prize by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
Winner of the 2014 Human Factors Prize awarded by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) with the following paper: Petermeijer, S. M., Abbink, D. A., & De Winter, J. C. F. (2015). Should drivers be operating within an automation-free bandwidth? Evaluating haptic steering support systems with different levels of authority. Human Factors, 57, 5–20. (shared with two co-authors)
-
2010
Best student paper of conference award
Paper: “Biodynamic Feedthrough is Task Dependent”
2010 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics -
2006
Best Dutch PhD thesis
For the thesis: “Neuromuscular Analysis of Haptic Feedback during Car Following”