Efficient route planning is crucial in seafaring, where navigating requires consideration of various factors such as environmental conditions, vessel capabilities, safety, and arrival time constraints. While timely arrival is key to energy efficiency, ...

On-demand ridepooling (ODR) can transform public transport by addressing urban challenges. However, to motivate usage, ODR should satisfy users’ psychological needs. The present study investigated to what extent needs predict ODR use, and to what extent ...

Driving simulators often lack fundamental components needed for accurate simulation of energy dynamics. We introduce EcoSimLab, a comprehensive electric vehicle driving simulation framework consisting of (1) a simulation of electric vehicle energy ...

As we shift to designing AI agents as teammates rather than tools, the social aspects of human-AI interaction become more pronounced. Consequently, to develop agents that are able to navigate the social dynamics that accompany cooperative teamwork, ...

When interacting with artificial intelligence (AI) in the medical domain, users frequently face automated information processing, which can remain opaque to them. For example, users with diabetes may interact daily with automated insulin delivery (AID). ...

Conducting research on user-energy interaction in automotive systems in controlled settings is challenging due to the lack of availability of low-cost driving simulation environments that enable both (1) a precise simulation of vehicle energy dynamics ...

Achieving climate neutrality will require a major transformation of the transportation sector, likely leading to a surge in demand for electric vehicles (EVs). This poses a challenge to grid stability due to supply fluctuations of renewable energy ...

The interaction design of medical devices has to engage and cater to the needs of a wide range of stakeholders, from patients to physicians. The present paper aims to show by example the methodological integration of critical reflection on ethics ...

Modern therapy for type 1 diabetes requires patients to interact with intelligent systems designed for automated insulin delivery (AID). Despite substantial medical advantages, patients often experience low trust in and predictability of AID ...

Lacking situation awareness is one of the main issues in emergency dispatching that can lead to high uncertainty in decision-making. Automated systems can and will support dispatchers in this process in the future. Yet, the introduction of such ...

We investigated the effect of varying the level of cooperation in a smart charging agent (SCA) on user perception and behavior. Our study involved manipulating the SCA’s cooperativeness by varying its degree of automation and the amount of ...

The vehicle-to-grid feature of today’s electric vehicles suggests using them as batteries for stabilizing the power grid besides using them to fulfill mobility needs. In the context of car-sharing, the car-sharing provider may thus try to foster ...

Affinity for Technology Interaction (ATI) describes whether a person approaches or avoids interaction with technology [1], making it an important variable in human-centered design.

To determine whether ATI will likely remain an important variable in the ...

The objective of this study was to investigate the influences of latency (i.e., technical system response time), action modality (button press, voice command) and display modality (head-mounted display, monitor) on the sense of agency (SOA). SOA ...

Range plays a crucial role in the adoption and acceptance of electric mobility. Contrary to private car use, battery-electric buses (BEBs) in short-distance public transport ideally tend to exploit their available range on a daily basis to achieve ...

The present study investigates the effects of prototypical visualization approaches aimed at increasing the explainability of machine learning systems in regard to perceived trustworthiness and observability. As the amount of processes automated ...

The use of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and car-sharing is one way to reduce local and (potentially) global transport emissions. In order to increase the use of electric vehicles in car-sharing, this work attempts to examine the effect of ...

Music has been shown to increase activation and could be used to offset resource-demand-discrepancies in knowledge workers, thereby increasing mental well-being and job performance. The present research sought to explore how students use music to ...

Locomotion can be considered to represent a core need in human life and is—in its most natural form—achieved by using available muscular human energy to obtain relocation in space over time. In order to amplify the human capabilities of ...

Wearable activity trackers hold great potential for facilitating self-regulated health behavior, thereby improving physical fitness and preventing cardiovascular diseases. Unfortunately, many users discontinue tracking after only a few ...

• We examined reasons for tracker abandonment via online questionnaire.
• Most ...