Human-machine collaboration for long duration missions: Crew assistant concept
conference paper
In the space domain, the plans for manned missions to the Moon and Mars set substantial challenges for developing crew support. For such long-duration missions, there is a need for a Mission Execution Crew Assistant (MECA) that supports (groups of) humans and machines to act in a distributed, autonomous but cooperative way. The objective of MECA is to empower the cognitive capacities of human-machine teams during planetary exploration missions in order to cope autonomously with unexpected, complex and potentially hazardous situations. This project applies a cognitive engineering method, which addresses both human factors and technological aspects with their mutual dependencies, to specify a general support concept, derive the requirements and develop a first prototype. It provided a general concept of distributed personal ePartners in a ubiquitous computing environment, a first set of user requirements (incl. scenarios and use cases), and a simulation-based evaluation approach for prototypes of future support systems in high-demand situations.
TNO Identifier
278255
Publisher
Elsevier
Source title
International Ergonomics Association (IEA) 2006, 16th World Congress on Ergonomics "Meeting diversity in ergonomics", Maastricht, 10-14 July
Editor(s)
Pikaar, R.N.
Koningsveld, E.A.P.
Settels, P.J.M.
Koningsveld, E.A.P.
Settels, P.J.M.
Place of publication
Oxford
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