Target Identification Support and Location Support Among Teams of Unmanned Systems Operators

Abstract

The research presented in this paper considers the impact of communication between multiple operators controlling multiple unmanned systems. First, communication between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operator and an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) operator was coded, to account for target identification support. Second, communication was coded to account for instances of a UAV operator providing location support to a UGV operator. Regression analyses revealed that performance only improved with high amounts of one type of communication or the other. When both types of communication occurred at the same time, performance was equivalent to doing nothing at all. Implications of these effects are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA504210

Entities

People

  • A. W. Evans Iii
  • Florian Jentsch
  • Joseph R. Keebler
  • Thomas Fincannon

Organizations

  • University of Central Florida

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Computer Simulations
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Human-Robot Interaction
  • Identification
  • Military Operations
  • Psychology
  • Regression Analysis
  • Simulations
  • Unmanned
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Ground Systems
  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerial Unmanned Vehicle Swarm Micro Periodontal Dentistry.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Radio communications and signal processing.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Human-Robot Interaction