Brain-machine interfaces in space: Using spontaneous rather than intentionally generated brain signals

Recent advances in non-invasive brain-machine or brain-computer interfaces (BMIs/BCIs) have demonstrated that humans can control computers or simple robotic devices using only brain signals. These successes have lead to the suggestion that BMIs could significantly improve the safety and efficiency of space operations. Electroencephalography (EEG...

Uniform MMI ontwerp voor (centrale) bediening van beweegbare bruggen en sluizen

Binnen Rijkswaterstaat vindt een steeds verdere centralisatie plaats van de bediening van beweegbare bruggen en sluizen. Dit betekent dat bedienaren meerdere objecten tegelijk op afstand bedienen. Eenduidigheid in de Mens-Machine Interface (MMI) is een voorwaarde om snel tussen objecten te kunnen schakelen en fouten in de bediening te voorkomen....

Affective collaborative robots for safety & crisis management in the field

The lack of human-robot collaboration currently presents a bottleneck to widespread use of robots in urban search & rescue (USAR) missions. The paper argues that an important aspect of realizing human-robot collaboration is collaborative control, and the recognition and expression of affect. Affective collaborative robots can enhance joint human...

Brain machine interfaces for serious gaming application

Serious games are intended to provide an engaging, self reinforcing context to motivate and educate the players. One of the challenges in serious gaming is to provide intuitive interaction techniques. Serious games are meant to facilitate creative and educational processes and so they should optimally exploit the cognitive resources of the...

Geo-collaboration under stress

“Most of the science and decision making involved in geo-information is the product of collaborative teams. Current geospatial technologies are a limiting factor because they do not provide any direct support for group efforts. In this paper we present a method to enhance geo-collaboration by communicating relevant info about the user to team...

HMI and Safety-Related Driver Performance

The aim of HASTE is to develop methodologies and guidelines for the assessment of In-Vehicle Information Systems (IVIS). The intention is to devise an assessment regime that is independent of the design of an IVIS and that is based on an evaluation of driving performance while using the system as compared with driving performance when not using...

New MMI concepts for situation assessment and decision making in naval command and control

To improve efficiency and effectiveness the Royal Netherlands Navy is aiming to introduce new concepts of organisation, integration, automation and support for future combat management systems. In the exploration and development of these concepts human factors considerations are taken into full account from the outset. Already manifest in today...

Virtuele omgevingen

Control display mapping in a 3D positioning task

Subjects have certain expectations about the mapping of motion directions of the control device on those of the controlled object on the accompanying display. When the actual mapping is according to this expectation, the relation is compatible. Compared to less compatible or even incompatible relations, less training is required, reaction times...

Anticipatie en actieve stuurmiddelen bij helikopterbesturing [Anticipation and active controls in helicopter flight]

In the present study, effects of anticipation and active controls were investigated for nap-of-the-earth flying in a simulated helicopter. Pilots were requested to fly as accurately as possible through a 'tunnel-in-the-sky' with horizontal curves. Primary performance measure was the RMS deviation of the optimal trajectory, in the horizontal as...