VIADUCT

The major challenges facing the automotive industry over the next 15 years are the development of more autonomous vehicles and the electrification of powertrain systems.

These developments aim to meet the following 3 objectives:

• Fuel efficiency, with vehicles that pollute less while guaranteeing performance,

• Improved safety, with fewer accidents and injuries caused to all road users,

• Improved comfort, for all vehicle occupants in order to make life on board more enjoyable.

The VIADUCT project (Voice Interface for Autonomous Driving based on User experienCe Techniques) brings together the scientific and technological skills of Aisin Mobility, Acapela, Multitel, CETIC, UCLouvain and the University of Namur to develop a new multi-modal, adaptive and speech-centric human-machine interface for driving semi-autonomous cars, with a focus on the specificities of elderly drivers.

The project notably implements User eXperience (UX), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and next-generation voice technologies for the interaction between the car and its occupants.

One output of this project is the ADAS Tutor concept which you can discover here.