Control of Multiple-UAVs: A Workload Analysis
This paper describes how fifty-four licensed pilots carried out multiple surveillance missions on two high-fidelity simulations representing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In Experiment 1, pilots were required to operate a single UAV through three different mission conditions: a baseline condition, one that offloaded relevant information to the auditory channel, and one that provided automation of flight path control. In Experiment 2, pilots operated two UAVs simultaneously through the same three mission conditions. Pilots were responsible for the following tasks: a) mission completion, b) target search, and c) systems monitoring. Results of the experiment suggest that automation and auditory offloading can be beneficial to performance by reducing interference between tasks and thus alleviating overall workload.
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Corporate Authors:
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Human Factors Division, Institute of Aviation
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Authors:
- Dixon, Stephen R
- Wickens, Christopher D
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Conference:
- 12th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, 2003
- Location: Dayton OH, United States
- Date: 2003-4-14 to 2003-4-17
- Publication Date: 2003
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Figures; Photos; References;
- Pagination: 6p
- Monograph Title: 12th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, 2003
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air pilots; Air traffic control; Aircraft pilotage; Drones; Experiments; Flight paths; Human factors; Monitoring; Simulation; Workload
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01342489
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 23 2011 9:06AM