Many aviation missions today are accomplished by a heterogeneous crew of pilots and mission specialists. As fully Automated Pilots (AP) are integrated into aviation crews, effective teaming will be necessary for safety assurance and mission effectiveness. This flight simulator study explored teaming between a non-pilot human operator and an AP collaborating on a maritime Intelligence, […]
Richard Agbeyibor, Vedant Ruia, and Jack Kolb get their paper accepted at the 2024 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Conference
This study explores human-autonomy collaboration between a future autonomous pilot and a human crew member pursuing a joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission. We introduce a novel open-sourced autonomous ISR interaction domain simulating real-world scenarios. As aviation increasingly integrates autonomy, our focus lies in understanding how various autonomous capabilities and interface features affect trust, […]
Richard Agbeyibor, Vedant Ruia, and Jack Kolb get their publication accepted at the AIAA Aviation Forum and ASCEND
The maturation of autonomy for electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft will soon make it possible to execute military intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) missions aboard crewed autonomous aerial vehicles. This research experimentally investigates factors that may influence the quality of interaction (i.e., team fluency) between a non-pilot human operator and the AI pilot responsible for […]
Feigh Undergrads Vedant Ruia and Ty Mancao win ‘Best of Session’ and ‘Best of Track’ Awards
Vedant and Ty presented “Implementation of an Automated Voice-Checkist in General Aviation Aircraft” at the 42nd annual DASC in Barcelona, Spain. This paper investigates pilot performance in nominal and emergency situations with an automated voice-checklist compared to a traditional paper-checklist.