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GigaOM Network: MIT Is Building Terminator’s NASCAR Cousin [GigaOM]
VentureBeat: Co-drivers wanted: MIT, Volkswagen create ultimate dashboard assistant
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Lots of interesting affective computing projects surfacing. Peep AIDA Affective Intelligent Driving Agent. http://bit.ly/1q3g0h #MIT 7 days ago |
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http://bit.ly/1q3g0h i want one! 11 days ago |
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Personal robot and an intelligent navigation system. #aida http://bit.ly/1q3g0h 16 days ago |
MIT Is Building Terminator’s NASCAR Cousin [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... MIT today introduced AIDA (Affective, Intelligent Driving Agent), which I will forever think of as the world’s most annoying backseat, er, dashboard, driver. Researchers have conceived a platform comprised of an interactive robot that can tap into directions, GPS, your facial cues and your car’s inner workings to guide you safely and efficiently through the world. Why is that annoying? Because unlike your spouse telling you the fastest way to the grocery store, as a computer, it will almost always be right. ...
Co-drivers wanted: MIT, Volkswagen create ultimate dashboard assistant
VentureBeat —
... AIDA, the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent, is pronounced Ay-ay-da, three syllables. The dashboard-mounted driving buddy looks like a cross between R2D2 and Kevin Spacey’s GERTY personal attendant in Moon, stripped down to a head-like interface that talks at you while you drive. ...
Robots taking over role of backseat driver
CrunchGear —
... Meet AIDA, the Affective Intelligent Driving Assistant. This is a prototype robot that utilizes sensors inside and outside the car to create “a platform comprising of a personal robot and an intelligent navigation system that aims to bring an innovative driving experience.” I don’t own an automobile, so practically every driving experience is innovative to me right now! Rather than traditional destination-oriented GPS navigation, AIDA posits “a navigation system that mimics the friendly expertise of a driving companion who is familiar with both the ...
AIDA: A New Backseat Driver to Abuse
GEARFUSE —
... . AIDA uses sensors both inside and outside of the car to create “a platform comprising of a personal robot and an intelligent navigation system that aims to bring an innovative driving experience.” So yeah… basically a robotic backseat driver. Focusing less on the waypoints and more on driver behavior, AIDA gets to know you and your car on a more personal level than some might be comfortable. Check out the demo vid after the jump. Link [ ...
robot riding shotgun: aida the in-car robot companion
technabob —
... Developed by researchers at MIT’s SENSEable City Lab in cooperation with Audi, AIDA (Affective Intelligent Driving Agent) is a drivers’ companion that offers useful information while interacting in a “socially appropriate and informative way.” AIDA will be mounted on a car’s dashboard, where it’s “face” will be visible to the driver. ...
AIDA the dashboard bot
Hack a Day —
... In an attempt to create more interaction with our vehicles, researchers have created AIDA. AIDA is basically a car computer and GPS that has some well designed personification. That cute little face will learn your daily habits and schedules and make recommendations to keep you out of traffic. We really like the idea, and the little bit we see of AIDA already has us falling in love, but won’t the placement be a distraction? We already know some people who give their car a name and treat it like a person, we don’t want to imagine what would happen if their car ...
