An Overview of Human Factors and Robotics in Military Applications

1984 ◽  
pp. 583-590
Author(s):  
Anna Mavor ◽  
H. M. Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Military Applications ◽  
And Robotics

Symposium on Distributed Simulation for Military Training of Teams/Groups

1995 ◽  
Vol 39 (20) ◽  
pp. 1304-1305
Author(s):  
Franklin L. Moses ◽  
Eduardo Salas
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Distributed Simulation ◽  
Military Training ◽  
Emerging Technology ◽  
Fire Fighting ◽  
Distributed Training ◽  
Military Applications ◽  
Effective Use

This Symposium consists of four interrelated presentations and a video about using simulation and simulators to train teams/groups that are geographically disbursed. The presentations are part of the Multi-Service Distributed training Testbed (MDT2) project. The purpose of the project is to develop and test the utility of training using wide area communication networks to link simulators for military use. It brings together training, human factors, and engineering communities across the Services in pointing-the-way to effective use of emerging technology to train. Although the focus is on military applications, the principles of training have broad implications for non-Defense use – fire fighting and emergency management among others.

A Sketchbook History of Human Factors

1986 ◽  
Vol 30 (14) ◽  
pp. 1390-1394
Author(s):  
John K. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Physiological Characteristics ◽  
World War ◽  
Guiding Principle ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Military Applications ◽  
History Of ◽  
Disciplinary Matrix ◽  
Second World

The following paper is an attempt to capture the circumstances, conepts, and events that led to the formulation of Human Factors. Born in the wake of the second world war, it was implimented to help people cope with the complex “war machines” of the day. Human Factors served as a meeting ground for several discliplines, that were all bound together in single endeavor to improve the effectiveness, effieciency and safety of human in systems. Since the war's close, the field has been expanded to include many non-military applications. Despite its new found diversity, it continues to employ the same guiding principle of incorporating psychological and physiological characteristics of people into interface designs. It is this phenomena which distinguishes Human Factors as a unique paradigm with its own antecedental roots and disciplinary matrix. Furthermore, its proliferation in recent years denotes a science that has transcended a revolutionary stage of development to a normal one in a Kuhnian perspective. It is contended that a recognition of these factors would facilitate a novice's understanding of the field, recognition of where the discipline presently is and where it is headed.

Military Applications: Human Factors Aspects of Speech-Based Systems

2010 ◽  
pp. 251-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan M. Noyes ◽  
Ellen Haas
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Military Applications

Human factors and robotics: Current status and future prospects.

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. McIlvaine Parsons ◽  
Greg P. Kearsley
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
And Robotics

Human Factors Issues Surrounding an Automotive Vision Enhancement System

1995 ◽  
Vol 39 (17) ◽  
pp. 1097-1101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond J. Kiefer
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Potential Benefit ◽  
Night Vision ◽  
Automotive Application ◽  
Infrared Sensor ◽  
Automotive Applications ◽  
Vision Systems ◽  
Military Applications ◽  
Accident Data ◽  
Nighttime Driving

Although night vision systems have been used extensively for a wide variety of military applications, only recently have such systems been considered for automotive applications. This paper provides a technological primer for an automotive application of a vision enhancement system (or VES), and reviews the human factors literature, general human factors issues, and accident data relevant to such a system. The automotive VES consists of two primary components, an infrared sensor and a display. VES information can be displayed to the driver in a contact analog fashion on a head-up display, or in a non-contact analog fashion on either a head-down or head-up display. The primary potential benefit of a VES is to improve the driver's ability to see critical driving events (e.g., pedestrians, bicyclists, roadway direction) under nighttime driving conditions.

Failure Analysis With the Scanning Electron Microscope

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 482-483
Author(s):  
John R. Devaney
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscope ◽  
Integrated Circuits ◽  
Failure Analysis ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Military Applications ◽  
Small Structure ◽  
Useful Life ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Scanning Electron

Occasionally in history, an event may occur which has a profound influence on a technology. Such an event occurred when the scanning electron microscope became commercially available to industry in the mid 60's. Semiconductors were being increasingly used in high-reliability space and military applications both because of their small volume but, also, because of their inherent reliability. However, they did fail, both early in life and sometimes in middle or old age. Why they failed and how to prevent failure or prolong “useful life” was a worry which resulted in a blossoming of sophisticated failure analysis laboratories across the country. By 1966, the ability to build small structure integrated circuits was forging well ahead of techniques available to dissect and analyze these same failures. The arrival of the scanning electron microscope gave these analysts a new insight into failure mechanisms.

An Application of the HFACS Method to Aviation Accidents in Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac Munene
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Human Factor ◽  
Flight Training ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Causal Factors ◽  
Aviation Accidents ◽  
Factors Analysis ◽  
Adverse Weather ◽  
Decision Errors

Abstract. The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) methodology was applied to accident reports from three African countries: Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. In all, 55 of 72 finalized reports for accidents occurring between 2000 and 2014 were analyzed. In most of the accidents, one or more human factors contributed to the accident. Skill-based errors (56.4%), the physical environment (36.4%), and violations (20%) were the most common causal factors in the accidents. Decision errors comprised 18.2%, while perceptual errors and crew resource management accounted for 10.9%. The results were consistent with previous industry observations: Over 70% of aviation accidents have human factor causes. Adverse weather was seen to be a common secondary casual factor. Changes in flight training and risk management methods may alleviate the high number of accidents in Africa.

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