Concurrent Performance of Gunner's and Robotic Operator's Tasks in a Simulated Mounted Combat System Environment

Abstract

We simulated a Mounted Combat System (MCS) environment and conducted an experiment to examine the workload and performance of the combined position of gunner and robotic operator. Results showed that gunner's target detection performance degraded significantly when s/he had to concurrently monitor, manage, or teleoperate an unmanned ground vehicle compared to the baseline condition (gunnery task only). For the robotic tasks, participants detected significantly fewer targets when their robotic asset was semi-autonomous instead of teleoperated. The effects of individual difference factors such as spatial ability and perceived attentional control on the performance measures were also examined.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA450042

Entities

People

  • Carla Joyner
  • Jessie Y. Chen

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognitive Workload
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Psychology
  • Situational Awareness
  • Social Sciences
  • Target Acquisition
  • Target Detection
  • Target Recognition
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Military Science
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy