Job Title
Assistant Professor (Human Factors)
Department
WMG
Email
Research Interests
Human Factors, Future Mobility, Human-machine Interaction, Vision-language Models, Autonomous Vehicles
Biography
Roger Woodman is an Associate Professor and Human Factors Research Lead at the University of Warwick. He received his PhD from Bristol Robotics Laboratory and has over 20 years experience in industry and academia. His research and teaching encompass the trust and acceptance of emerging technologies, with a particular emphasis on automated vehicles, shared mobility, and human-machine interfaces. As the co-director of the Centre for Doctoral Training, he oversees the education of doctoral researchers specialising in intelligent and electrified mobility systems. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Publications
Publications can be accessed via Warwick's Open Access page on WRAP. See also: External profile
- Yatbaz, Hakan Yekta, Dianati, Mehrdad, Woodman, Roger, 2024. Introspection of DNN-based perception functions in automated driving systems : state-of-the-art and open research challenges. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 25 (2), pp. 1112-1130
- Widyanti, Ari, Erlangga, Redifa, Sutarto, Auditya Purwandini, Trapsilawati, Fitri, Ansori, Nachnul, Woodman, Roger, Prawitra, Theresia Amelia, Rifai, Achmad Pratama, 2024. Driving forward together : the common intention of Indonesians in different residential areas to use autonomous vehicles. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 24
- Perello-March, Jaume, Burns, Christopher G., Woodman, Roger, Birrell, Stewart, Elliott, Mark T., 2023. How do drivers perceive risks during automated driving scenarios? An fNIRS neuroimaging study. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
- Xiao, Dannier, Dianati, Mehrdad, Geiger, William Goncalves, Woodman, Roger, 2023. Review of graph-based hazardous event detection methods for autonomous driving systems. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24 (5), pp. 4697-4715
- Perelló-March, Jaume R., Burns, Christopher, Woodman, Roger, Elliott, Mark T., Birrell, Stewart A., 2022. Driver state monitoring : manipulating reliability expectations in simulated automated driving scenarios. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23 (6), pp. 5187-5197
- Robinson, Jonathan, Smyth, Joseph, Woodman, Roger, Donzella, Valentina, 2021. Ethical considerations and moral implications of autonomous vehicles and unavoidable collisions. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science
- Smyth, Joseph, Chen, Hanlin, Donzella, Valentina, Woodman, Roger, 2021. Public acceptance of driver state monitoring for automated vehicles : applying the UTAUT framework. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 83, pp. 179-191
- 'Sindi, Safaa, 'Woodman, Roger, 2021. 'Implementing commercial autonomous road haulage in freight operations : an industry perspective. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 152 (1), pp. 235-253
- Smyth, Joseph, Birrell, Stewart A., Woodman, Roger, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2021. Exploring the utility of EDA and skin temperature as individual physiological correlates of motion sickness. Applied Ergonomics, 92
- Dong, Ran, Woodman, Roger, Jennings, Paul. A., Brewerton, Simon, Birrell, Stewart A., Higgins, Matthew D., 2021. A simulation study of platooning AV fleet service in shared urban environments with uncertainties. Transportation Engineering, 4
- 'Kampert, Erik, 'Schettler, Christoph, 'Woodman, Roger, 'Jennings, Paul A., 'Higgins, Matthew D., 2020. 'Millimeter-wave communication for a last-mile autonomous transport vehicle. IEEE Access, 8, pp. 8386-8392
- Woodman, Roger, Lu, Ke, Higgins, Matthew D., Brewerton, Simon, Jennings, Paul A., Birrell, Stewart A., 2019. Gap acceptance study of pedestrians crossing between platooning autonomous vehicles in a virtual environment. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 67, pp. 1-14
- Dogramadzi, Sanja, Giannaccini, Maria Elena, Harper, Christopher, Sobhani, Mohammad, Woodman, Roger, Choung, Jiyeon, 2014. Environmental hazard analysis - a variant of preliminary hazard analysis for autonomous mobile robots. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 76 (1), pp. 73-117
- Woodman, Roger, Winfield, Alan F. T., Harper, Chris, Fraser, Mike, 2012. Building safer robots : safety driven control. The International Journal of Robotics Research, 31 (13), pp. 1603-1626
- Smyth, Joseph, Robinson, Jonathan, Burridge, Rebecca, Jennings, Paul. A., Woodman, Roger, 2021. Towards the management and mitigation of motion sickness ? an update to the field. In Black, Nancy; Neumann, Patrick; Noy, Ian (eds.), Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021) : Volume III: Sector Based Ergonomics, Springer International Publishing, pp. 834-840
- Woodman, Roger, Winfield, Alan F. T., Harper, Chris, Fraser, Mike, 2011. Online hazard analysis for autonomous robots. In Groß, R.; Alboul, L.; Melhuish, C.; Witkowski, M.; Prescott, T. J.; Penders, J. (eds.), Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer, pp. 406-407
- Sormoli, Mohammadreza Alipour, Samadi, Amir, Mozaffari, Sajjad, Koufos, Konstantinos, Dianati, Mehrdad, Woodman, Roger, 2023. A novel deep neural network for trajectory prediction in automated vehicles using velocity vector field. 26th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems ITSC 2023, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain, 24-28 Sep 2023
- Sharma, Shravani, Woodman, Roger, Elliott, Mark T., 2023. Exploring the impact of autonomous taxis on people with disabilities. 26th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems ITSC 2023, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain, 24-28 Sep 2023
- Ansori, Nachnul, Sutarto, Auditya Purwandini, Widyanti, Ari, Trapsilawati, Fitri, Rifai, Achmad, Woodman, Roger, 2023. The road to acceptance : a theory of planned behavior analysis of Indonesian public intentions towards autonomous vehicles. 14th International Conference on Information & Communication Systems (ICICS 2023), Surabaya, Indonesia, 4-5 Oct 2023
- Sutarto, Auditya Purwandini, Ansori, Nachnul, Widyanti, Ari, Trapsilawati, Fitri, Rifai, Achmad Pratama, Erlangga, Redifa, Woodman, Roger, 2023. Driving the future : using TAM and UTAUT to understand public acceptance of fully autonomous vehicles. 10th International Conference on ICT for Smart Society (ICISS), Bandung, Indonesia, 06-07 Sep 2023, Published in 2023 10th International Conference on ICT for Smart Society (ICISS), pp. 1-8
- Yatbaz, Hakan Yekta, Dianati, Mehrdad, Koufos, Konstantinos, Woodman, Roger, 2023. Introspection of 2D object detection using processed neural activation patterns in automated driving systems. 2023 IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops (ICCVW), Paris, France, 02-06 Oct 2023
- 'Dannier, Xiao, 'Geiger, William Goncalves, 'Hakan, Yekta Yatbaz, 'Dianati, Mehrdad, 'Woodman, Roger, 2022. 'Detecting hazardous events : a framework for automated vehicle safety systems. 2022 IEEE 25th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), Macau, China, 8-12 Oct 2022
- Sindi, Safaa, Woodman, Roger, 2020. Autonomous goods vehicles for last-mile delivery : evaluation of impact and barriers. 23rd Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, Virtual Conference, 20-23 Sep 2020, Published in 2020 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)
- Woodman, Roger, Hill, William D., Birrell, Stewart A., Higgins, Matthew D., 2019. An evolutionary approach to the optimisation of autonomous pod distribution for application in an urban transportation service. 2019 23rd International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT), Salerno, Italy, 23-26 Oct 2019, Published in 2019 23rd International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT), pp. 1-6
- Woodman, Roger, Lu, Ke, Higgins, Matthew D., Brewerton, Simon, Jennings, Paul. A., Birrell, Stewart A., 2019. A human factors approach to defining requirements for low-speed autonomous vehicles to enable intelligent platooning. 2019 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 9-12 Jun 2019, Paris, France, pp. 2371-2376
- Woodman, Roger, Winfield, Alan, Harper, Chris, Fraser, Mike, 2010. Safety control architecture for personal robots : behaviouralsuppression with deliberative control. 2010 Seventh IARP Workshop on Technical Challenges for Dependable Robots in Human Environments (DRHE), Toulouse, France, 16-17 Jun 2010
- 'Kampert, Erik, 'Schettler, Christoph, 'Woodman, Roger, 'Jennings, Paul A., 'Higgins, Matthew D., 2020. 'Data for Millimeter-wave communication for a last-mileautonomous transport vehicle. Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick
| Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active Travel England - Inclusive Crossings | West Midlands Combined Authority | 01 Oct 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
| Evaluation of E-scooter Sounds to Support Blind and Partially Sighted People | Voi Technology Ltd | 15 Mar 2021 | 15 Sept 2022 |