The power of collaborative systems
The power of collaborative systems
Unmanned vehicles (UVs) are being developed and fielded at an unprecedented rate in various environments for both civilian and military purposes. Despite the term “unmanned,” control of such vehicles requires considerable inputs from those operating the UVs and others in the C2 system. To optimize such mixed initiative teams we must develop new methodologies and measurements for evaluating and understanding human-robot team performance. Our Mixed Initiative Team Performance Assessment System (MITPAS) being developed as a US Army RDECOM-STTC SBIR Phase II project provides such new methodology.
MITPAS consists of models, tools and procedures, including an OneSAF-based simulation environment, with which to measure the performance of mixed manned and unmanned teams in both training and real world operational environments. The MITPAS System Performance Model captures the critical performance attributes and distinct processes of the behavior composition environment. Our objective has been to identify the dimensions of performance that contribute to effective outcomes of collaborative manned-unmanned tasks, and in particular to formulate measures that are unique to the collective teams of humans and robots. Accordingly, we have built a taxonomy of specific processes which can be decomposed into explicit behavioral objectives side-by-side with measures of effectiveness based on actual outcomes.
MITPAS is also a complete simulation environment for performing experiments designed to measure and assess the performance of mixed human-robot teams in a variety of military and non-military situations. The total MITPAS environment combines several novel components: (1) An OneSAF Objective System (OOS) Based Simulation of a tactical environment and robotic command and control system; (2) A Data Capture and Analysis system consisting of tools and procedures to measure the performance of mixed manned and unmanned teams in both training and real world operational environments. It includes API, data logging and analysis components that can be applied to a wide variety of simulation environments; and (3) A set of event-based test scenarios characteristic of anticipated military operations. Our event-based scenarios reflect mid-term plans for DOD’s Future Combat System (FCS) as well as current uses of robotic systems in combat.
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