Research infrastructure for interactive human- and autonomous guidance

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 437-459

  Mettler, Bérénice ^a   Dadkhah, Navid ^a   Kong, Zhaodan ^a   Andersh, Jonathan ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous; Guidance; Human machine; Perception; Tele operation; UAS

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS; AUTONOMOUS CONTROL; AUTONOMOUS GUIDANCE; DESIGN GUIDANCE; FLIGHT HARDWARE; GAZE TRACKING SYSTEM; GUIDANCE AND CONTROL; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE COMPONENTS; HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATION SYSTEMS; HUMAN-MACHINE; HUMAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; INTERACTION MODEL; MOTION TRACKING SYSTEM; RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE; RESEARCH OBJECTIVES; SOFTWARE COMPONENT; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SYSTEM RECONFIGURATION; TELE-OPERATIONS; TEST VEHICLE; UAS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; HARDWARE; SENSORY PERCEPTION; TRACKING (POSITION);

RESEARCH;

EID: 84871627844     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-012-9774-6     Document Type: Article

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