Soldier Machine Interface for Vehicle Formations: Interface Design and an Approach Evaluation and Experimentation

Abstract

This document presents interface designs developed through a number of technology development and experimentation efforts at the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center and U.S. Army Research Laboratory, respectively. Through these efforts, a functional Soldier Machine Interface (SMI) was developed using Future Combat System concepts to support the tasks of monitoring and maintaining coordinated movement of platoon size units conducting a tactical road march. This report provides an in-depth description of the approach used to develop the SMI and the features of the SMI. In addition, we describe a modeling and simulation environment that is being used to support human-in-the-loop experiments to evaluate the current SMI and examine the impact of the SMI on the supporting operators roles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2009
Accession Number
AD1090476

Entities

People

  • Erin Capstick
  • Keryl A. Cosenzo
  • Regina Pomranky
  • Sanjiv Dungrani
  • Tony Johnson

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Control Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Human Machine Interface
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Military Research
  • Navigation
  • Radio Equipment
  • Robotics
  • Simulations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • User Interface
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.