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In the international research project interACT, lighting and electronics company Hella KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany) is working with project partners to investigate how communication between automated vehicles and non-automated road users such as pedestrians, cyclists, and other vehicle drivers could look like. The initial focus of the project lies with situations typical for urban environments and passenger cars.

“Light plays a particularly important role in communication between people and vehicles. But today’s existing lighting systems in and around the vehicle are far from being enough to adequately replace eye contact, gestures, and language,” says Michael Kleinkes, head of lighting technology development at Hella. “Within the scope of the project, we are therefore researching and developing a system that can reliably perform this task.”