AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN
3D-printed seat after completion
MOTIONS OF BREATHING
In parallel, the second team developed and produced a set of 38 bespoke, active components that became incorporated into the seat’s surface to dynamically adjust its visual and haptic properties. The components are ought to increase the seat’s ability to respond to changing driving conditions but especially to
the animate object through motions of breathing. Finally, a number of customised cushions from a high-performance areas to guarantee the necessary comfort and stability. The fully functioning mock-up
possible further development.
A CAR WITH EMPATHY T
Design studies
he breathing car seat design team drew inspiration from Audi’s Klara concept car. Being able to trust a car can best be achieved through creating empathy, whereby people near a car feel that the car is permanently keeping an eye on them and reacting in a sensitive way towards them. The Klara concept study provides surprising answers to the question as to how an Audi may develop in the space of 10, 20 or 30 years: a high-tech automobile that shows emotion and which could thus become a personal friend or assistant. but looks can be deceiving. Upon closer inspection, you can see that the car appears to take breaths
of air in regularly spaced periods. In order for the bodywork to be able to carry out these breathing movements, 39 electric adjustment motors are at work under the metalwork. Thanks to a sensitive set of sensors, Klara reacts interactively and subjectively to its surroundings. If a person who the vehicle perceives as friendly approaches, it greets them showing discontentment by growling. For future series-production applications at Audi, particularly interesting is feedback on how Klara uses her empathetic reactions to establish a communication level between driver and car – and even create trust between man and machine.
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