Infusing Empathy in Self Driving Cars Through Anime Expressions
Yuki Moriyama (JP), Eiji Kawata (JP), Ryohei Fukushi (JP)
In collaboration with Japanese animation studio Polygon Pictures, Mercedes-Benz has designed animations of different scenarios in which autonomous vehicles could build informed trust with humans. The basic idea when designing animes is that a lot of emotion is expressed in a few strokes. The key issue that this project concerns itself with is therefore: How can these basic principles be used for intuitive communication between human and machine?
