The Rules of Engagement

While the market penetration of partially automated vehicles is steadily progressing, the gain in safety is not yet explicitly assessed and the risk of misuse remains a major concern. Driver monitoring systems are used to improve engagement but these are reactionary to driver behavior. Proactive ADAS functions, which relies on elaborated human-machine interaction, are introduced to encourage driving collaboration and reduce the risk of disengagement. Admittance control scheme for haptic shared control is proposed as an evolution from the blended control scheme as it enables the implementation of the rules of engagement without performance tradeoffs and compliance with the regulation at minimum safety oncost. Furthermore, admittance control contributes to long term development goal as it is compatible with all levels of automation.