TY - JOUR
T1 - Human-automation interaction for helicopter flight
T2 - Comparing two decision-support systems for navigation tasks
AU - Friesen, Daniel
AU - Borst, Clark
AU - Pavel, Marilena D.
AU - Masarati, Pierangelo
AU - Mulder, Max
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This paper investigates the effects of different automation design philosophies for a helicopter navigation task. A baseline navigation display is compared with two more advanced systems: an advisory display, which provides a discrete trajectory suggestion; and a constraint-based display, which provides information about the set of possible trajectory solutions. The results of a human-in-the-loop experiment with eight pilot participants show a significant negative impact of the advisory display on pilot trajectory decision-making: out of the 16 encountered off-nominal situations across the experiment, only 6 were solved optimally. The baseline and constraint-based display both lead to better decisions, with 14 out of 16 being optimal. However, pilots still preferred the advisory display, in particular in off-nominal situations. These results highlight that even when a support system is preferred by pilots, it can have strong inadvertent negative effects on their decision-making.
AB - This paper investigates the effects of different automation design philosophies for a helicopter navigation task. A baseline navigation display is compared with two more advanced systems: an advisory display, which provides a discrete trajectory suggestion; and a constraint-based display, which provides information about the set of possible trajectory solutions. The results of a human-in-the-loop experiment with eight pilot participants show a significant negative impact of the advisory display on pilot trajectory decision-making: out of the 16 encountered off-nominal situations across the experiment, only 6 were solved optimally. The baseline and constraint-based display both lead to better decisions, with 14 out of 16 being optimal. However, pilots still preferred the advisory display, in particular in off-nominal situations. These results highlight that even when a support system is preferred by pilots, it can have strong inadvertent negative effects on their decision-making.
KW - Automation
KW - Display
KW - Helicopter
KW - Human-machine interface
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85133674865&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ast.2022.107719
DO - 10.1016/j.ast.2022.107719
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85133674865
VL - 129
JO - Aerospace Science and Technology
JF - Aerospace Science and Technology
SN - 1270-9638
M1 - 107719
ER -