Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB 
Department Human-AI Interaction
The Human-AI Interaction department is dedicated to researching and designing innovative systems that enable effective and trustworthy collaboration between humans and artificial intelligence (AI). Our focus is on interaction: How can AI systems perceive, support, explain and intuitively cooperate with humans?
Our research is divided into three closely interlinked groups:
The Perceptual User Interfaces group develops AI-supported sensor systems that use computer vision to capture and interpret human activities – from eye movements and gestures to situational context analysis. One focus is on the vehicle interior, where we are testing technologies for recognising all occupants and novel assistance systems. However, the technologies we have developed to give AI systems eyes are transferable and are used in human-robot interaction as well as in innovative worker assistance systems.
The Explainable AI group ensures transparency in complex AI systems. Our specially developed toolbox analyses AI models and makes their decisions comprehensible. In this way, we create explainability and strengthen trust in AI – a central aspect of any responsible human-AI cooperation.
The Interactive Systems group designs novel assistance solutions in which innovative technologies such as augmented and virtual reality, multimodal interfaces, touch displays, gesture interaction and many other intuitive input and output modalities are seamlessly integrated. The goal is intuitive, context-aware collaboration between humans and AI – in interaction as well as in decision-making.
Our systems are used in various domains, such as vehicle technology, human-robot interaction to support hospital staff, quality assurance in manufacturing, civil security research and military security research.