The GoldenEye-50, developed by Aurora Flight Sciences, was selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency as one of multiple candidates to provide the basic platform for the Organic Air Vehicle II program for expected integration into the U.S. Army's Future Combat System program. The GoldenEye-50 is a transportable (approximately 18 lb) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with vertical take-off and landing capability. It is designed to carry a payload to support reconnaissance and chemical detection missions and can transform from a hover-and-stare mode to wing-borne flight as needed. In support of the Human-Robot Interaction Army Technology Objective, an assessment of the operator control unit (OCU) was conducted during a technical demonstration of the GoldenEye-50 held at Fort Knox, Kentucky, from 9 to 12 May 2005. The authors' primary objective was to reveal human factors engineering issues associated with the design of the OCU interface and to learn the tasks of a UAV operator, particularly with multi-mode flight capability of vertical and horizontal flight. From the observational data, potential issues and recommendations for the final OCU interface design accepted by the Army are presented.
Assessment of the GoldenEye-50 Operator Control Unit
2005
17 pages
Report
No indication
English
Military Intelligence , Aeronautics , Optical Detection , Human Factors Engineering , Robotics , Human factors engineering , Control systems , Payload , Unmanned , Multimode , Operators(Personnel) , Reconnaissance , Vertical landings , Chemical detection , Remotely piloted vehicles , Man computer interface , Takeoff , Flight , Weapon systems , Interfaces , Operator control unit , Goldeneye 50 , Ocu(Operator control unit) , Uav(Unmanned aerial vehicle) , Army future combat system program , Human machine interface , Human robotic interaction , Unmanned assets , Organic air vehicle 2 program , Hover-and-stare mode
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