Varun KotianDelft University of Technology | TU · Cognitive Robotics
Varun Kotian
PhD Candidate
Working on Motion Sickness/Perception models that can be used to achieve motion sickness control in vehicles/simulators
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Introduction
Exploring human interaction and dynamics of control of intelligent vehicles to improve safety, comfort, and sustainability
Current Focus:
Modeling Motion Sickness for Estimation and Mitigation in AVs and Driving Simulators
My passion is designing and researching multisensor technologies that enhance the comfort and safety of users of vehicles and simulators by providing better estimation of discomfort over time.
Publications
Publications (5)
Users of automated vehicles will engage in other activities and take their eyes off the road, making them prone to motion sickness. To resolve this, the current paper validates models predicting sickness in response to motion and visual conditions. We validate published models of vestibular and visual sensory integration that have been used for pre...
Background
To counteract gravity, trunk motion, and other perturbations, the human head–neck system requires continuous muscular stabilization. In this study, we combine a musculoskeletal neck model with models of sensory integration (SI) to unravel the role of vestibular, visual, and muscle sensory cues in head–neck stabilization and relate SI con...
Users of automated vehicles will move away from being drivers to passengers, preferably engaged in other activities such as reading or using laptops and smartphones, which will strongly increase susceptibility to motion sickness. Similarly, in driving simulators, the presented visual motion with scaled or even without any physical motion causes an...
The relationship between the amplitude of motion and the accumulation of motion
sickness in time is unclear. Here, we investigated this relationship at the individual and
group level. Seventeen participants were exposed to four oscillatory motion stimuli, in
four separate sessions, separated by at least 1 week to prevent habituation. Motion
amplitu...
High levels of vehicle automation are expected to increase the risk of motion sickness, which is a major detriment to driving comfort. The exact relation between motion sickness and discomfort is a matter of debate, with recent studies suggesting a relief of discomfort at the onset of nausea. In this study, we investigate whether discomfort increas...
