Presentation
2. Autonomous Spacecraft Motion Plan Characteristics Influence Perceived Path Appropriateness
SessionPoster Session 1
DescriptionAutonomous Rendezvous and Docking maneuvers, performed by two spacecraft joining together in space, are becoming increasingly automated. However, human supervision of the docking spacecraft remains necessary for system failure mitigation, which manifests in manual takeover of the docking spacecraft’s motion control. Previous analysis found that intrinsic characteristics of the motion plans taken by the spacecraft significantly influenced human supervisor manual-takeover performance. This work analyzes how the human supervisor's observation of the spacecraft’s path traversal compared to the participant’s expectation of path traversal. In this study, participants (N=33) monitored a simulation of an autonomous spacecraft attempting to dock at one of two docking stations. Participants were asked about their interpretation of the appropriateness of the path taken by the spacecraft in each trial. Statistically significant relationships were identified between intrinsic characteristics of the spacecraft's docking motion plan, the human supervisor’s takeover performance, and the human’s interpretation of the path taken.
Event Type
Poster
TimeWednesday, September 11th5:30pm - 6:30pm MST
LocationMcArthur Ballroom
Aerospace Systems
Cognitive Engineering & Decision Making
Computer Systems
Forensics Professional
Health Care
Human Performance Modeling
Individual Differences in Performance
Perception and Performance
Product Design
Safety
Training
Usability and System Evaluation
Extended Reality