Operational Trust in Mission Autonomy (OPTIMA)

Abstract

The following report outlines work done for the Operational Trust in Mission Autonomy (OPTIMA) initiative by a team of design strategists at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy (IAA). The charter of this initiative states that understanding operational trust is incredibly important because it will be key for delivering trusted Autonomy for Robotic and Intelligent Autonomous Systems (RAS) in complex, contested missions on the multi-domain battlefield, and enabling deployment of effective human-machine teams. In addition, it states that there is a lack of existing frameworks within the Department of Defense (DoD) to define quantifiable metrics for trust, and a lack of uniform concepts for architecting trust into RAS, clearly articulating a key gap that must be addressed in order to make trusted battlefield autonomy a reality. Therefore, our team leveraged a human-centered design and design thinking approach to examine the question: how might we identify and/or develop metrics of operational trust in mission autonomy?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2023
Accession Number
AD1222236

Entities

People

  • Alexis Basantis
  • Bryan Camacho
  • Cara Lapointe
  • Matthew Tomaszewski
  • Sarah Rigsbee

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Human-Robot Interaction
  • Autonomy - UAVs