Adaptive Levels of Autonomy (ALOA) for UAV Supervisory Control

An architecture tor testing and evaluating different methods for adaptive levels of autonomy was devised. We defined multiple Levels of Autonomy (LOA) for each of four operator tasks: allocation, route planning, imagery analysis, and weapon control. To demonstrate the architecture and LOA implementa...

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Main Authors: Johnson, Rubin, Leen, Michael, Goldberg, Dan, Chiu, Michael
Other Authors: OR CONCEPTS APPLIED WHITTIER CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Pilotless Aircraft
Fire Control and Bombing Systems
*IMAGE PROCESSING
*MISSION PROFILES
*WEAPON CONTROL
*PLANNING
*ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS
*DRONES
SIMULATION
PROTOTYPES
MANUAL OPERATION
SOFTWARE TOOLS
OPERATORS(PERSONNEL)
TEST BEDS
SBIR(SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH)
SBIR REPORTS
SBIR TOPIC AF04-071 PHASE 1
ALOA(ADAPTIVE LEVELS OF AUTONOMY)
PE65502F
WUAFRL3005HC4J
Orca
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA437269
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA437269
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Summary:An architecture tor testing and evaluating different methods for adaptive levels of autonomy was devised. We defined multiple Levels of Autonomy (LOA) for each of four operator tasks: allocation, route planning, imagery analysis, and weapon control. To demonstrate the architecture and LOA implementation, we designed a prototype Multi-UAV Control Station Emulator research test bed, by building on existing ORCA-developed software components. ORCA's extensive internal IR&D over several years has produced state-of-the-art automated mission planning tools that allow fully autonomous execution of operator tasks. Experience with operators through the J-UCAS effort and other programs gives us first-hand knowledge of the tools and decision aids operators need when building and assessing mission plans, which support manual mission planning. With this experience, we implemented the two autonomy extremes: manual and fully autonomous and we defined and implemented intermediate levels of autonomy (requires using characteristics of both manual and autonomous task execution for the four operator tasks noted above.

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