A Preliminary Study to Investigate the Sensemaking Process of UAV Reports by Operators after Periods of Disconnect for Threat Assessment

摘要

Teleoperated robots have been used to minimize human presence and interaction in dangerous or difficultareas or to enhance human capabilities. One of the challenges that still needs investigation is human-robotcommunication regarding making decisions based on extracted information. As such, the purpose of thisresearch is to address issues of decision making after communication disconnections through interface designby focusing on improving sensemaking. Analyzing the effects of interface design in a UAV threat assessmentscenario is ideal to examine not only the sensemaking process but also how that process defines decisionmaking in an environment where efficient decision making and low clutter displays are needed. The datafrom this study will serve determine elements of an optimal interface for information assimilation. Twentyparticipants were recruited to complete a series of sixteen threat assessment decisions with different interfacedesigns, varying amounts of information and layouts of information. It was observed that level of detailedinformation had a significant effect on the subjective trust and decision selected and display layout had asignificant effect on the time taken to complete a decision.