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Developing operator capacity estimates for supervisory control of autonomous vehicles.

M L Cummings¹, Stephanie Guerlain

¹Humans and Automation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. missyc@mit.edu

|February 24, 2007

Summary

Human supervisory control of autonomous missiles degrades significantly when operators manage 16 missiles, impacting performance and situation awareness. A 70% operator utilization threshold predicts performance decay.

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Published on: December 18, 2020

Area of Science:

Human-computer interaction
Autonomous systems
Cognitive workload

Background:

Human supervisory control is essential for autonomous systems, requiring operators for planning and intervention.
Dynamic decision support systems for rapid replanning under time pressure need further research, especially concerning operator workload.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine operator capacity in reallocating autonomous missiles to time-sensitive targets during secondary tasks.
To assess the impact of missile control load on operator performance and situation awareness.

Main Methods:

A dual-screen simulation tested 42 U.S. Navy personnel.
Operators monitored and controlled 8, 12, or 16 autonomous missiles.
Secondary tasks of varying complexity were incorporated.

Main Results:

Controlling 16 missiles significantly degraded operator performance across three metrics.
Situation awareness was also significantly impaired when managing the highest number of missiles.

Conclusions:

Findings align with air traffic control studies, showing performance decline with increased workload.
A 70% operator utilization threshold may predict significant performance decay, aiding manning predictions.
Research is applicable to human supervisory control of networked unmanned vehicles across domains.