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Previous research has explored the use of an external or “3rd person” view in the context of augmented reality, video gaming, and robot control. Few studies, however, involve the use of mobile robot to provide that viewpoint, and fewer still do so in dynamic, unstructured, high stress environments. This study examined the cognitive state of robot operators performing complex search and rescue tasks in a simulated crisis scenario. A solo robot control paradigm was compared with a dual condition in which an alternate (surrogate) perspective was provided via voice commands to a second robot employed as a highly autonomous teammate. Subjective and neurophysiological measurements indicate an increased level of situational awareness was achieved in the dual condition along with a reduction in workload and decision oriented task engagement. These results are discussed in the context of mitigation potential for cognitive overload in complex and unstructured task environments.
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This work was sponsored by the Warfighter Interface Division of the 711th Human Performance Wing at the Air Force Research Laboratory. The author would like to extend an especially warm and profound expression of gratitude to Bill Todd and Jason Poffenberger from NASA/JSC for their outstanding support, as well as Ethan Blackford, Jeff Bolles, and James Christensen for their tremendous prowess in handling complex data collection and participant management issues under daunting conditions and an extremely tight schedule.
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Blitch, J.G. (2017). A Neurophysiological Examination of Multi-robot Control During NASA’s Extreme Environment Mission Operations Project. In: Savage-Knepshield, P., Chen, J. (eds) Advances in Human Factors in Robots and Unmanned Systems. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 499. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41959-6_28
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