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Operator Informational Needs for Multiple Autonomous Small VehiclesWith the anticipated explosion of small unmanned aerial vehicles, it is highly likely that operators will be controlling fleets of autonomous vehicles. To fulfill the promise of autonomy, vehicle operators will not be concerned with manual control of the vehicle; instead, they will deal with the overall mission. Furthermore, the one operator to many vehicles is becoming a constant meme with various industries including package delivery, search and rescue, and utility companies. In order for an operator to concurrently control several vehicles, his station must look and behave very differently than the current ground control station instantiations. Furthermore, the vehicle will have to be much more autonomous, especially during non-normal operations, in order to accommodate the knowledge deficit or the information overload of the operator in charge of several vehicles. The expected usage increase of small drones requires presenting the operational information generated by a fleet of heterogeneous autonomous agents to an operator. NASA Langley Research Center's Autonomy Incubator has brought together researchers in various disciplines including controls, trajectory planning, systems engineering, and human factors to develop an integrated system to study autonomy issues. The initial human factors effort is focusing on mission displays that would give an operator the overall status of all autonomous agents involved in the current mission. This paper will discuss the specifics of the mission displays for operators controlling several vehicles.
Document ID
20160006101
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Trujillo, Anna C. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Fan, Henry (Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc. Hampton, VA, United States)
Cross, Charles D. (Northrop Grumman Corp. Hampton, VA, United States)
Hempley, Lucas E. (Northrop Grumman Corp. Hampton, VA, United States)
Cichella, Venanzio (Illinois Univ. at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL, United States)
Puig-Navarro, Javier (Illinois Univ. at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL, United States)
Mehdi, Syed Bilal (Illinois Univ. at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL, United States)
Date Acquired
May 13, 2016
Publication Date
July 26, 2015
Subject Category
Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance
Report/Patent Number
NF1676L-20299
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Country: United States
Start Date: July 26, 2015
End Date: July 30, 2015
Sponsors: Elsevier Science Publishers
Funding Number(s)
WBS: WBS 432938.09.01.07.98.02
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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