Advanced UMV Operator Interfaces

Abstract

In man portable platforms, the UMV is ideally very small, lightweight, rugged, and easy to operate [1]. It is essential that this platform meet these characteristics because a typical operator will be transporting the entire UMV system along with other mission critical These UMVs are usually used for "what's over the hill" type missions; requiring fairly autonomous operation to gain time critical, nearby information. The control stations for man portable UMVs will typically be no larger than a laptop and can be made to fit on smaller devices such as a PDA or head-mounted displays. For example, the Pointer UAV, developed by AeroVironment Corporation, is operated by the user through a large tablet-like PDA [2] (Figure 1). Another example of this can be seen in the work of Goodrich and Quigley (2004) [3]. However, ruggedization of this equipment will generally increase weight and size.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA444168

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  • Jeremy Nelson

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Department Of Defense
  • Ear
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Motion Sickness
  • Space Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • User Interface Engineering
  • Vehicles

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