Student Innovation Challenge – Mobility

Hyundai Motors and IEEE World Haptics Conference 2019 are pleased to announce the 2nd Student Challenge in Automotive Haptics. The Student Challenge in Automotive Haptics has grown into a worldwide student challenge program for students to demonstrate their research ideas and skills in automotive haptics solutions. For more detail, please visit here.

Accepted Challenges

Adding Haptic and Massage Feedback to Car Seat Cover Using a Soft Actuator

Team Name: KAIST HRI Team
Members (Advisor): Jung-Hwan Youn Seung Mo Jeong Hyun-Woo Kim Kyu-Jin Hyun Ji-Hyeong Ma (Ki-Uk Kyung)
Affiliation: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST)


A Steering Reaction Force Presentation System Based on Human Force Perception Characteristics

Team Name: BSYS-AVENGERs
Members (Advisor): Ryota Sekizuka Kenta Kishishita Masato Hamada Mayuko Minakata Yusuke Kishishita (Yuichi Kurita)
Affiliation: Hiroshima University


drivee : A Haptic-Enabled Multisensory ‘Driving Assistant’ to Improve Driving Safety and Efficiency

Team Name: Kyodai Haptics
Members (Advisor): Sajid Nisar Mintaek OH Farhad Shabani Hardik Parwana Kiona Hosotani (Fumitoshi Matsuno)
Affiliation: Kyoto University Japan

Friction wheel: Bringing in-car controls to driver’s fingertips by embedding dual ubiquitous haptic friction displays into a steering wheel

Team Name: Haptics Lab KHU
Members (Advisor): Waseem Hassan Ahsan Raza Muhammad Abdullah (Seokhee Jeon)
Affiliation: Kyung Hee University South Korea


Footrest Alarm System for Driver

Team Name: KAIST TCL
Members (Advisor): Joonyeong Kim Kyuseob Song Changkyun Kim (Dong-Soo Kwon)
Affiliation: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST)


Aerial Steer: Wire driven haptic system for controlling car interface of AR

Team Name: KajiMon GO
Members (Advisor): Masato Kobayashi Hanamichi Sanada (Hiroyuki Kajimoto)
Affiliation: The University of Electro-Communications


Gamified haptic UI for increasing trust in autonomous vehicles

Team Name: Aether Haptics
Members (Advisor): Tsagkas Nikolaos Koutoulogenis Ioannis (Moustakas Konstantinos)
Affiliation: Undergraduate Student department of Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Patras Greece