Smart Driver Monitoring Robotic System to Enhance Road Safety : A Comprehensive Review
Farhin Farhad Riya, Shahinul Hoque, Xiaopeng Zhao, Jinyuan Stella Sun
TL;DR
The paper surveys the integration of robotic agents into driver monitoring systems to enhance road safety by assessing cognitive and emotional driver states and engaging drivers in real-time. It details three core domains—innovative sensors, advanced analytics, and adaptive HRI—and proposes a proactive/active robotic framework with dynamic profiling, multimodal interfaces, and long-term learning. Key contributions include identifying gaps in emotion understanding, usability, and standards, and outlining future directions such as edge computing, culturally aware emotion models, and user-centered design. The work highlights the practical potential and requirements for safe, ethical deployment of HRI-driven driver monitoring in modern vehicles across interdisciplinary domains.
Abstract
The future of transportation is being shaped by technology, and one revolutionary step in improving road safety is the incorporation of robotic systems into driver monitoring infrastructure. This literature review explores the current landscape of driver monitoring systems, ranging from traditional physiological parameter monitoring to advanced technologies such as facial recognition to steering analysis. Exploring the challenges faced by existing systems, the review then investigates the integration of robots as intelligent entities within this framework. These robotic systems, equipped with artificial intelligence and sophisticated sensors, not only monitor but actively engage with the driver, addressing cognitive and emotional states in real-time. The synthesis of existing research reveals a dynamic interplay between human and machine, offering promising avenues for innovation in adaptive, personalized, and ethically responsible human-robot interactions for driver monitoring. This review establishes a groundwork for comprehending the intricacies and potential avenues within this dynamic field. It encourages further investigation and advancement at the intersection of human-robot interaction and automotive safety, introducing a novel direction. This involves various sections detailing technological enhancements that can be integrated to propose an innovative and improved driver monitoring system.