Effects of automation and task load on task switching during human supervision of multiple semi-autonomous robots in a dynamic environment

Ergonomics

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 951-961

  Squire, P N ^a,b   Parasuraman, R ^b  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Human factors; Human robot interaction; Multitasking; Task switching; Unmanned vehicles

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE THE FLAG; COGNITIVE THEORY; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; HUMAN FACTORS; HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTIONS; HUMAN SUPERVISION; SEMI-AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS; TASK SWITCHING; UV SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATION; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MULTITASKING; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SWITCHING; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; ROBOTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; ROBOTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954852960     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2010.489969     Document Type: Article

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