Final event of the PANACEA project: a holistic approach to fitness to drive – 10 September (Online)

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The PANACEA final event took place online on 10 September.

During this webinar we presented details of how the integrated fitness to drive monitoring and assessment system was built, how the countermeasures were selected and designed and what the outcomes were from the pilot sites.

We also looked forward towards the impact of the project for example on future standards and the regulatory environment. Lastly, Ari Helttunen, a shuttle operator, shared his views on the PANACEA system.

The agenda and all the presentations can be found below.

PANACEA final event agenda for website
1 – Keynote_Ashleigh Filtness
2 – Project overview
3a – A technical perspective
3b – The countermeasures
4 – The user experience
5 – Impact_Standards_Exploitation

If you asked a question through the Q&A box during the event but there wasn’t time to reply, you can find the response hereDownload

New Year – New Podcast

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Happy New Year from the Panacea team.

In this first podcast episode, we talk to Dr Selpi from Chalmers University of Technology about how the Panacea project is developing a system that uses multiple sensors to test whether a transport professional is fit to drive.

We also look at how the system is being tested in the real world.

To find out more about Dr Selpi’s work on the Panacea project, read her profile here:

Selpi

A podcast all about…countermeasures!

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In this episode, we talk to Prof Ashleigh Filtness from Loughborough University about how the Panacea project is developing countermeasures to help professional drivers stay fit to drive.

A new podcast – testing the PANACEA system with different driver groups

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In this podcast we talk to Dr Anna Sjörs Dahlman from VTI in Sweden about the results of the PANACEA pilot sites (Use Cases) where the PANACEA system was tested in different countries and with different driver groups.

PANACEA in the commercial press

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The PANACEA project was mentioned in two recent articles written on driver safety in the commercial press.

Commercial motor magazine wrote about how driver checks before driving are just as important as vehicle checks – ‘The appliance of science: driver checks could soon replace walk-around checks as the first tasks of the working day as the PANACEA project to improve safety improves’.

The IOSH Magazine also chose to feature PANACEA as a case study for an article they had on road safety technologies.

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New PANACEA video

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We’ve uploaded a new PANACEA video to our YouTube channel showing the PANACEA solution in practice.

PANACEA AT TRA, Dublin

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The PANACEA project was pleased to have been invited to join the European Commission stand at TRA in Dublin in April.
We were able to show the PANACEA system in action – from using alcohol and stress sensors to showing the results in both the driver and operator apps.
We had posters available on the project’s sensors, including the biomathematical fatigue model, the system’s decision-making process and the countermeasures.
Several project partners were invited to present at the conference:
Prof. Ashleigh Filtness, Loughborough University, presented a poster: Influencing Alertness Through Remote Coaching for Professional Drivers
Christer Ahlström,VTI, presented: Next day effects of social drinking on driver fatigue and driving performance
Davide Shingo Usami , CTLup, presented: Improving Professional Drivers’ Behaviour through a Cloudbased Coaching Approach
François Brambati, Deep Blue, presented: A User Centred Validation Methodology for Assessing the Cross Modal Transferability Impact of Technologies

Two years down the research road

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An update from the project leaders Anna Anund and Katerina Touliou.

We are pleased to report significant progress in our PANACEA platform development. Over the past two years, our partners have been working diligently on defining technical and functional specifications, the technologies per Use Case, as well as identifying the data characteristics. The integration process for each Use Case is well underway, with technical verification and validation already started.

Data gathering on the accuracy and appropriateness of each technology for the CHTs (Commercial Health Toolkits) is done, researching the state-of-the-art in the field. The development team has made a decision to strive towards using more suitable metrics, taking into consideration the integration of sensors.

In addition to this, the PANACEA cloud-based countermeasure system is under development and the evaluation framework has been defined. We have recently completed simulator studies on fatigue, distraction, and alcohol to support the development and refinement of the algorithms. An evaluation of the drugs biosensor in real operational settings has been done on almost 600 drivers by police officers in Norway by our partner ROADPOL.

Our UC-driven pilots are currently in the final stages of integration and we are excited about the outcome of PANACEA. We aim to create new assessment technologies and countermeasure strategies, which will form a new fitness to drive paradigm applicable in commercial vehicle operations with vehicles at various automation levels.

Update on the Work Packages

PANACEA project partners have been working hard delivering the work required of them under the project’s various Work Packages. Many of the PANACEA deliverables are confidential and therefore cannot be published in full. However, a summary of all the deliverables submitted to the European Commission so far are now available on our website here. These include: Deliverable 2.1 which describes the functional and operational requirements of all the subsystems that form part of the PANACEA platform; Deliverable 3.1 which describes the types and sources of measurements needed in order to form a holistic Fitness to Drive assessment; Deliverable 5.1 which describes the prototype operational cloud-based coaching and support system.

WATCH: New video explains the PANACEA project’s innovative approach to maintaining fitness to drive among professional drivers

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This short explainer video gives an overview of the PANACEA project showing how the sensors, cloud technology, and driver feedback interact to help maintain fitness to drive.

An update on our use case testing

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Use Case A – Shuttle buses, Linköping, Sweden

The baseline data collection started in April. During this time, eight shuttle operators will be using a smart-watch to register sleep, the Sensair sensor to detect alcohol, the AIT sensor to detect stress and the Datik system to detect fatigue. After four weeks, the countermeasures will be activated and the full PANACEA system will be up and running. 

Use Case B – Delivery service riders and taxi drivers, Thessaloniki, Greece and Graz, Austria

We have already completed a simulator study committed to improving the accuracy of the Driver Monitoring System algorithm in detecting cognitive distraction.

We are currently conducting experiments to collect data and refine our algorithms to combat impairing conditions such as fatigue, stress and alcohol consumption in delivery service riders and taxi drivers.

Our PANACEA solution is set to undergo its final performance evaluation in just three months and we are eager to evaluate its usability, usefulness, and acceptance by commercial drivers and riders, as well as operators and managers.

The PANACEA solution will detect and monitor fatigue, stress and alcohol consumption, as well as drugs and deliver relevant countermeasures.

To ensure that our technology is effective and relevant to the transportation industry, we will be conducting focus groups and interviews with stakeholders and investigating the transferability of our findings to other transportation areas as well as analysing impact assessment simulations and calculations focused on road safety and the ‘Vision Zero’ impact areas.

Use Case C – Electric truck and coach drivers, San Sebastian, Spain

In Spain, the focus will be on analysing risky situations due to fatigue and offering countermeasures to mitigate for them. The pilots are due to start very shortly. In the meantime, the last details are being refined so that data capture can begin.