3 papers
cs.RO2026
The Field of Safe Motion: Operationalizing Affordances in the Field of Safe Travel Using Reachability Analysis
Leif Johnson, Trent Victor, Johan Engström
We present the Field of Safe Motion (FSM), a quantitative safety model for determining whether a driver maintains a collision-free escape route, or "out," at any given moment by ac…
cs.SE2025
Determining Absence of Unreasonable Risk: Approval Guidelines for an Automated Driving System Deployment
Francesca Favaro, Scott Schnelle, Laura Fraade-Blanar +6
This paper provides an overview of how the determination of absence of unreasonable risk can be operationalized. It complements previous theoretical work published by existing deve…
cs.CY2025
Being good (at driving): Characterizing behavioral expectations on automated and human driven vehicles
Laura Fraade-Blanar, Francesca Favarò, Johan Engstrom +4
For over a century, researchers have wrestled with how to define good driving behavior, and the debate has surfaced anew for automated vehicles (AVs). We put forth the concept of D…