Autonomous Convoying: A Survey on Current Research and Development

Nahavandi, Saeid; Mohamed, Shady; Hossain, Ibrahim; Nahavandi, Darius; Salaken, Syed Moshfeq; Rokonuzzaman, Md.; Ayoub, Rachael; Smith, Robin

doi:10.1109/access.2022.3147251

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“…Vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems support the exchange of information between the vehicle operators (human and autonomy) to operate the vehicles and coordinate the maneuvers to keep convoy together and ensure traffic safety. While autonomous follower vehicle augments the driving decision of the human-controlled leader vehicle, the autonomy still must make additional driving decisions because of the vehicle-to-vehicle data transmission delay and the changing traffic dynamics around the follower vehicle (Locomation, Inc., 2022;Nahavandi et al, 2022).…”

Section: Automation Autonomy and Humanautonomy Teamingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparison and synthesis of two aerospace case studies to develop human-autonomy teaming requirements

Tokadli

Dorneich

2023

Front. Aerosp. Eng.

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This paper developed human-autonomy teaming (HAT) characteristics and requirements by comparing and synthesizing two aerospace case studies (Single Pilot Operations/Reduced Crew Operations and Long-Distance Human Space Operations) and the related recent HAT empirical studies. Advances in sensors, machine learning, and machine reasoning have enabled increasingly autonomous system technology to work more closely with human(s), often with decreasing human direction. As increasingly autonomous systems become more capable, their interactions with humans may evolve into a teaming relationship. However, humans and autonomous systems have asymmetric teaming capabilities, which introduces challenges when designing a teaming interaction paradigm in HAT. Additionally, developing requirements for HAT can be challenging for future operations concepts, which are not yet well-defined. Two case studies conducted previously document analysis of past literature and interviews with subject matter experts to develop domain knowledge models and requirements for future operations. Prototype delegation interfaces were developed to perform summative evaluation studies for the case studies. In this paper, a review of recent literature on HAT empirical studies was conducted to augment the document analysis for the case studies. The results of the two case studies and the literature review were compared and synthesized to suggest the common characteristics and requirements for HAT in future aerospace operations. The requirements and characteristics were grouped into categories of team roles, autonomous teammate types, interaction paradigms, and training. For example, human teammates preferred the autonomous teammate to have human-like characteristics (e.g., dialog-based conversation, social skills, and body gestures to provide cue-based information). Even though more work is necessary to verify and validate the requirements for HAT development, the case studies and recent empirical literature enumerate the types of functions and capabilities needed for increasingly autonomous systems to act as a teammate to support future operations.

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Section: Automation Autonomy and Humanautonomy Teamingmentioning

confidence: 99%