Supervisory control of multiple robots: Effects of imperfect automation and individual differences

Human Factors

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-174

  Chen, Jessie Y C ^a   Barnes, Michael J ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

attentional control; gaming experience; human robot interaction; imperfect automation; individual differences; intelligent agent; military; spatial ability; supervisory control

Indexed keywords

GAMING EXPERIENCES; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; MILITARY; SPATIAL ABILITIES; SUPERVISORY CONTROL;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; EXPERIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MACHINE DESIGN; MULTITASKING; ROBOTICS;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOTICS; SOLDIER; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ROBOTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859330597     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720811435843     Document Type: Article

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