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LAWRENCE A research team based at the University of Kansas School of Engineering is one of 10 semifinalists in the U.S. Department of Transportation s Inclusive Design Challenge, which seeks to make self-driving cars accessible to people with disabilities. The team won a $300,00 prize and will spend 18 months refining highly automated driving systems designed for people with cognitive disabilities.
The technology could promise a new era of independence and mobility for people living with mild cognitive impairment and mild-to-moderate dementia. According to the researchers, about 16 million people in the U.S. living with cognitive disabilities can t drive due to deficits in speed-of-processing, memory, attention, judgment and visuospatial skills.
Jan 7, 2021 Pittsburgh Research Team Wins 300-Thousand-Dollars For Autonomous Vehicle Innovation
(Pittsburgh, PA) A Pittsburgh-based research team is being awarded 300-thousand dollars for becoming a semifinalist in a national competition. Computer Interaction Institute in Pittsburgh was named yesterday as one of ten winning teams for the U.S. Department of Transportation s Inclusive Design Challenge. The research team won 300-thousand-dollars for their project that makes autonomous vehicles more accessible to people with disabilities. The team will have 18 months to build a prototype for their design, and they could win up to five-million-dollars if their design is selected as the winner of the competition.