Field testing of tele-operation versus shared and traded control for military assets: an evaluation involving real-time embedded simulation and soldier assessment

Jason S. Metcalfe; Jillyn Alban; Keryl Cosenzo; Tony Johnson; Erin Capstick

doi:10.1117/12.850597

7 May 2010 Field testing of tele-operation versus shared and traded control for military assets: an evaluation involving real-time embedded simulation and soldier assessment

Jason S. Metcalfe, Jillyn Alban, Keryl Cosenzo, Tony Johnson, Erin Capstick

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Proceedings Volume 7692, Unmanned Systems Technology XII; 769206 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.850597
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2010, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Those applying autonomous technologies to military systems strive to enhance human-robot and robot-robot performance. Beyond performance, the military must be concerned with local area security. Characterized as "secure mobility", military systems must enable safe and effective terrain traversal concurrent with maintenance of situational awareness (SA). One approach to interleaving these objectives is supervisory control, with popular options being shared and traded control. Yet, with the scale and expense of military assets, common technical issues such as transition time and safeguarding become critical; especially as they interact with Soldier capabilities. Study is required to enable selection of control methods that optimize Soldier-system performance while safeguarding both individually. The current report describes a study utilizing experimental military vehicles and simulation systems enabling teleoperation and supervisory control. Automated triggering of SA demands was interspersed with a set of challenging driving maneuvers in a 'teleoperation-like' context to examine the influence of supervisory control on Soldier-system performance. Results indicated that direct application of supervisory control, while beneficial under particular demands, requires continued development to be perceived by Soldiers as useful. Future efforts should more tightly couple the information exchanged between the Soldier and system to overcome current challenges not addressed by standard control methods.

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Jason S. Metcalfe, Jillyn Alban, Keryl Cosenzo, Tony Johnson, and Erin Capstick "Field testing of tele-operation versus shared and traded control for military assets: an evaluation involving real-time embedded simulation and soldier assessment", Proc. SPIE 7692, Unmanned Systems Technology XII, 769206 (7 May 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.850597

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