Conversational agents (CAs), described as software with which humans interact through
natural language, have increasingly attracted interest in both academia and practice …

Affective technology offers exciting opportunities to improve road safety by catering to
human emotions. Modern car interiors enable the contactless detection of user states …

The inclusion of in-vehicle sensors and increased intention and state recognition
capabilities enable implicit in-vehicle interaction. Starting from a systematic literature review …

Drivers in negative emotional states, such as anger or sadness, are prone to perform bad at
driving, decreasing overall road safety for all road users. Recent advances in affective …

Voice assistants (VAs) are present in homes, smartphones, and cars. They allow users to
perform tasks without graphical or tactile user interfaces, as they are designed for natural …

In this paper we present use cases for affective user interfaces (UIs) in cars and how they
are perceived by potential users in China and Germany. Emotion-aware interaction is …

Virtual assistants have the potential to play an important role in helping users achieves
different tasks. However, these systems face challenges in their real-world usability …

This study aims to investigate the role of several aspects that may influence human–robot
interaction in assistive scenarios. Among all, we focused on semi-permanent qualities (ie …

Interior cameras and other sensors facilitate affective automotive UIs reacting to the driver's
detected emotional state and providing customized support. Previous research mainly …

In the past, visual output devices and haptic input devices dominated human-computer
interaction. Thus, much research and development have been done in the field of graphical …