Cyborg Anthropology

In this chapter, the body is re-envisioned as a cybernetic organism, and new types of exchange of information, matter, and energy are anaylsed. Through the cybernetic understanding of a human being as a machine system, it is possible for man to modify and replace lost organs or functions and create a partially artificial being. When the body becomes a scientific and technological creation and real relationships become a cyborg prosthesis of the non-human, the body and the social relations become a problem of cybernetic functioning.

Radar operator’s oculomotor activity at working with group targets

Computer oculography (eye-tracking) technologies make it possible to effectively study the work of the human oculomotor system in the operator's activity in the man-machine system. The data obtained in this way helps to increase the system efficiency, especially in conditions of extreme activities associated with vital and emotional stress at a high cost of error. Within the process of the interface ergonomic design of the radar complex for detecting and tracking, the features of the human oculomotor system are considered when working with group targets.

METHODOLOGICAL BASIS OF APPLICATION OF SYSTEM ANALYSIS TO JUSTIFICATION OF THE MACHINE SYSTEM

The basic concept of system analysis is a system, that is, an object that interacts with the external environment and has a complex internal structure, a large number of components and elements. Interacting elements with a certain integrity are allocated into functional subsystems. The technique of choosing the most efficient machines depending on the conditions of use and assessing their technical level is stated. The block diagram of the variant technology of cultivation of grain crops is presented, which allows you to choose alternative options for technical means based on their effectiveness.

Optimization of the configurations of the control complex of the integrated navigation bridge of the ship by the method of multiprogramming

In the concept of development of E-navigation, large control systems for navigation, navigation safety, optimization of ship operation, and cargo operations are being developed. The vector of the direction of this development leads to fully automatic management of the maritime industry and individual segments, such as navigation and terminal operations, with the transfer of unified databases to “cloud” technologies. In modern control systems, a significant number of programs for processing information flows and databases are required from external sources. The method of addressing “cloud” technologies and external storage devices, which are updated in real-time, and a complete transition from analog, analog-digital, only to digital media and information processing systems, is adopted. The method of addressing “cloud” technologies and external storage devices, which are updated in real-time, and a complete transition from analog, analog-digital, only to digital media and information processing systems, is adopted. Modern computer systems for helping the navigator in making decisions are shifting to the area of deep integration of control actions and information processing in real perception and optimization of a verified and safe algorithm of actions. The time of work with such complexes depends on the efficiency in organizing data exchange in the “man-machine” system. In the study, an algorithm was developed for deep optimization of the control complex of the ship, to minimize and create a control shell of the “man-machine” system, using the multiprogramming method to stabilize the route passage.

Human-machine system as a control shell in the implementation of mooring operations

Mooring is a complex and responsible process for a boat master, so modern trends determine the need to create automated and automatic systems for mooring vessels to minimize the human factor. The study researched the vessel ergatic control complex and the towing group with the use of mathematical apparatus in the implementation of mooring operations. The human-machine or “ergatic” system is the control shell under the active influences of the bridge complexes and is an auxiliary tool for the watchman on the navigation bridge. This is the essence – a human, as a controlling and observing link, is an integral part of the human-machine complex. Automation, even in systems with artificial intelligence, will not soon replace the flexibility of the human brain, despite possible and sometimes very serious human mistakes. Taking into account the fact that the automated mooring system applies all kinds of monitoring sensors to prevent docking impact, the control and responsibility for the mooring process still lie with the navigator operator.