Initial Evaluation of the Intelligent Multi-UxV Planner with Adaptive Collaborative/Control Technologies (IMPACT)
Abstract
This report covers the first year of research and development for the Intelligent Multi-UxV Planner with Adaptive Collaborative/Control Technologies (IMPACT) program. The goal of IMPACT is to integrate autonomous technologies like cooperative control algorithms, intelligent agents, and autonomics frameworks with human-autonomy interfaces to support effective supervisory control of multiple heterogeneous unmanned vehicles (UxVs) in dynamic operating environments. With IMPACT, the human-autonomy team controls multiple UxVs by utilizing high level commands called plays. To evaluate the year one IMPACT system, seven participants were asked to use IMPACT to manage six UxVs in the context of a base defense mission. Participants rated both the overall IMPACT system and system subcomponents (play calling, autonomy, feedback, and test bed) positively. Objective data was also collected on the modality (mouse/keyboard, touchscreen, speech recognition) participants used to call plays. Participants not only used the mouse/keyboard more frequently, but also were faster and more accurate with the mouse/keyboard as compared to the touchscreen and speech recognition. Participant feedback has directly led to planned enhancements for the Spiral 2 IMPACT system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 17, 2017
- Accession Number
- AD1029982
Entities
People
- Clayton D. Rothwell
- Derek Kingston
- Doug Lange
- Gloria Calhoun
- Heath Ruff
- Kyle Behymer
- Mark Draper
- Michael Patzek
- Scott Douglass
Organizations
- Infoscitex Corporation