The issue of insufficient stowage space around the front seats has become increasingly problematic over time, with only minor improvements over the years. With the rise of autonomous driving, there’s an increasing desire for entertainment and convenience during non-driving periods. This results in a greater need to bring more items that are within reach into the car, that need to be stored easily in case of a handover situation from car to driver.

This project focuses on developing innovative stowage solutions for level 3 autonomous vehicles, specifically for Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). The primary goal is to meet the growing need for accessible and functional stowage in autonomous vehicles, especially during the critical handover period from vehicle to driver. Emphasizing level 3 autonomy, where the vehicle handles most driving tasks but the driver must be ready to take control in complex situations, the project aims to create solutions that can eventually scale to higher levels of autonomy. The concept is designed to support users during autonomous driving while allowing them to take control of the vehicle when necessary, ensuring that all essential elements are easily accessible for both vehicle operation and various digital and non-digital activities. JLR has expressed a desire for bold, innovative designs that challenge conventional approaches while maintaining the vehicle’s aesthetic integrity. By addressing these challenges, the project aspires to set a new standard for stowage solutions in autonomous vehicles, aligning with JLR’s commitment to being the proud creators of modern luxury. The design carefully balances aesthetics, comfort, and safety to provide a seamless and enjoyable user experience.

Recent technological advancements are revolutionizing last-mile package delivery, with autonomous delivery vehicles (ADVs) emerging as a sustainable alternative. These small ground vehicles autonomously navigate pavements, aiming to operate seamlessly in pedestrian-rich environments without any human intervention. The goal of this project is to design a concept of an autonomous delivery vehicle that portrays predictable behaviour for pedestrians.

Extensive research involving literature analysis, interviews, and observational studies unveiled the challenges that current ADVs are facing, including unpredictable behaviour and distrust. The absence of predictability has a big impact on effective on-road communication, and it potentially leads to unsafe traffic interactions. A viable solution lies in communicating the ADV's driving intent. This study delves into the nuances of intent communication in pedestrian environments, and identifies intent signals that are predominantly communicated through body language. The objective is to replicate human-like signals in the behaviour of ADVs, to ensure an intuitive understanding of such cues from previous traffic experiences.

Focusing on designing predictability through intent communication via body language, a test exploration is conducted, testing multiple different prototypes. Iterative trials resulted in interesting insights and eventually lead to the most promising intent signal – the "Looking" scenario. This intent signal is inspired by a head-turning or someone looking into the desired walking direction. Participants recognised this signal, facilitating an intuitive understanding of the meaning of the signal.

The evaluation test confirmed the intent signal's positive effect on enhancing pedestrians' feelings of safety, trust, and comfort during an ADV interaction. These increased feelings of safety, trust and comfortability came from the fact that they were able to predict the movements of the ADV and because they felt "seen". The robot reacted to the participants by showing its intent, this reaction gave participants the perception that the ADV has indeed detected them and therefore won't collide with them. Consequently, it is recommended to integrate intent communication into ADV designs to ensure safer and more harmonious ADV-pedestrian interactions.

Three design guidelines are formulated based on the insights from the exploration phase. The three guidelines emphasize the interpretation, visibility, and relevance of intent signals. The conceptual ADV design presented in this project, aligns with these guidelines. The intent signal in the design concept of the ADV makes their behaviour more predictable, gives people a sense of control because they feel detected, which both leads to an increase in safety, trust, and comfortability. Although the intent signal shows great promise in creating a safer and more comfortable traffic interaction between ADVs and pedestrians, additional research is needed to fully understand the impact of integrating this intent signal.

The world is currently trying to adopt a sustainable transformation process to counteract the negative effects of climate change. Part of this sustainability process is the electrification of the transport sector. However, a network of charging solutions is needed to provide the transition to sustainable mobility with the desired power. One of these solutions is the Revolt HUB, which alongside a charging solution, also serves as an outdoor advertising platform. This project aims to find out where improvements can be made to the Revolt HUB. The starting points that have been used to define the scope are the improvement of the interaction and the embodiment of the brand values, particularly the combination of the product and sustainability. Therefore, the title of the project states: Redesigning the Revolt HUB while challenging a future-proof modular user interface and association with brand values. In order to find possible areas of improvement, multidisciplinary research was performed. Through this research, an analysis was made of the company, the current product, the current and desired interaction and the context. The findings showed that making small adjustments led to a chain reaction of other adjustments. This resulted in a consensus with all stakeholders to rebuild the HUB from scratch. All this was accomplished through a vision formulated according to trends and developments in both the technological and social fields. Based on this, recommendations were presented as a complete redesign of the HUB. The interaction is leading and serves as a starting point for further elaboration of the complete product portfolio. In addition, the concept also lends itself to the implementation of future technological developments, as a separate single charging station is incorporated into the design; the new ONE. Further elaboration could focus on testing the concept and concretising the technical assumptions made.