scholarly journals Development of Attentional Skills Training for Operators of Unmanned Aerial Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 2161-2165
Author(s):  
Angelia Sebok ◽  
Matthew Walsh ◽  
Christopher Wickens ◽  
Terence Andre ◽  
Noah Kreischer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Systems ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Visual Scanning ◽  
Training Tool ◽  
Attentional Training ◽  
Attentional Skills ◽  
Interruption Management ◽  
Aerial Systems

The operators of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have multiple screens of information they need to monitor, and numerous interruptions that challenge them in their work. Research on attentional training has revealed that it is possible to train operators to improve their visual scanning, prioritization, and interruption management performance. This paper describes the analyses that were conducted to identify the information processing requirements associated with UAS tasks and the integration of findings into a prototype attentional skills training tool. This tool uses adaptive scenario-based training to improve the attentional management skills of UAS sensor operators.

Development and Testing of an Experimental Tool to Support Evaluation of Performance in Handling Competing Attentional Demands

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 1785-1789
Author(s):  
Angelia Sebok ◽  
Noah Adler ◽  
Elijah Lofgren ◽  
Jake McCord ◽  
Kimberly Spahr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Software Tool ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Systems ◽  
Training Tool ◽  
Human In The Loop ◽  
Experimental Systems ◽  
Evaluation Of Performance ◽  
Competing Demands ◽  
Agile Software ◽  
Aerial Systems

This paper describes the design and evaluation of experimenter capabilities associated with a software tool to train attentional management. This training tool will be used by sensor operators of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), to learn attentional skills associated with managing the competing demands of UAS operational tasks. Before the tool is taken into use, the effectiveness of three different approaches to training will be evaluated in a human-in-the-loop experiment. An agile software development process was used to create, test, and refine this tool. Designing to support experimental evaluations differs in some respects from designing for use by an operational community. Although the overall process is similar, specific needs related to data collection and configurability differ significantly. This paper describes the process, tool, and lessons learned to apply to future experimental systems.

LIGHTER-THAN-AIR (LTA) UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (UAS) CARRIER CONCEPT FOR SURVAILLANCE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 1255
Author(s):  
Ahmad Salahuddin Mohd Harithuddin ◽  
Mohd Fazri Sedan ◽  
Syaril Azrad Md Ali ◽  
Shattri Mansor ◽  
Hamid Reza Jifroudi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Systems ◽  
Unmanned Aerial System ◽  
Border Control ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Operational Safety ◽  
In Situ Methods ◽  
Aerial Systems

Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) has many advantages in the fields of SURVAILLANCE and disaster management compared to space-borne observation, manned missions and in situ methods. The reasons include cost effectiveness, operational safety, and mission efficiency. This has in turn underlined the importance of UAS technology and highlighted a growing need in a more robust and efficient unmanned aerial vehicles to serve specific needs in SURVAILLANCE and disaster management. This paper first gives an overview on the framework for SURVAILLANCE particularly in applications of border control and disaster management and lists several phases of SURVAILLANCE and service descriptions. Based on this overview and SURVAILLANCE phases descriptions, we show the areas and services in which UAS can have significant advantage over traditional methods.

Beach and dune impacts due to Hurricane Florence in Dare County, North Carolina

Shore & Beach ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 44-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Sciaudone ◽  
Liliana Velasquez-Montoya
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Prior Knowledge ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Systems ◽  
State University ◽  
National Wildlife Refuge ◽  
Sediment Samples ◽  
Wildlife Refuge ◽  
Full Report ◽  
Aerial Systems

Less than two weeks after Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina (NC), a team of researchers from NC State University traveled to Dare County to investigate the storm’s effects on beaches and dunes. Using available post-storm imagery and prior knowledge of vulnerabilities in the system, the team identified several locations to visit in the towns of Kitty Hawk, Nags Head, Rodanthe, Buxton, and Hatteras, as well as a number of locations within the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge (Figure 1). Data collected included topographic profiles, still imagery and video from unmanned aerial systems, sediment samples, and geo-located photography. This Coastal Observations piece presents some of the data and photos collected; the full report is available online (Sciaudone et al. 2019), and data collected will be made available to interested researchers upon request.

A Comparative Economic Study on the Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems versus Motorcycles to Transport Laboratory Samples in Liberia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Ochieng ◽  
Tun Ye ◽  
Christina M. Scheel ◽  
Aun Lor ◽  
John M. Saindon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Systems ◽  
Economic Study ◽  
Aerial Systems
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