Integrating information from off-board sensors into the submarine control room: workload, situation awareness, and performance consequences.

IF 2 3区工程技术 Q3 ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL

Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI:10.1080/00140139.2025.2470251

Shayne Loft, Zachary L Howard, Stephen Pond, Jessica Irons, Steph Michailovs, Derek Swe, Jason Bell, Troy A W Visser, Gavin Pinniger, Megan Schmitt

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Abstract

Off-board sensors have the potential to provide submarine control rooms with otherwise inaccessible information to supplement data gathered by on-board sensors. Using Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as a representative test case, we examined how team performance, workload and situation awareness were impacted by receiving raw, compared to processed, sensor data from one or two off-board UAVs. Sixteen teams of three participants were trained to compile a tactical picture and to complete missions. Teams receiving processed off-board sensor data compiled more accurate tactical pictures, completed missions faster, and reported lower workload, compared to teams receiving raw off-board sensor data. Situation awareness, objective workload, and perceived usability were comparable between conditions. Scenarios with two UAVs took longer to complete, with other outcomes unaffected. These outcomes provide evidence that humans can integrate additional and distinct sources of information to form a cohesive combined picture, even when those data are partially redundant.

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Ergonomics 工程技术-工程：工业

CiteScore

4.60

自引率

12.50%

发文量

147

审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： Ergonomics, also known as human factors, is the scientific discipline that seeks to understand and improve human interactions with products, equipment, environments and systems. Drawing upon human biology, psychology, engineering and design, Ergonomics aims to develop and apply knowledge and techniques to optimise system performance, whilst protecting the health, safety and well-being of individuals involved. The attention of ergonomics extends across work, leisure and other aspects of our daily lives. The journal Ergonomics is an international refereed publication, with a 60 year tradition of disseminating high quality research. Original submissions, both theoretical and applied, are invited from across the subject, including physical, cognitive, organisational and environmental ergonomics. Papers reporting the findings of research from cognate disciplines are also welcome, where these contribute to understanding equipment, tasks, jobs, systems and environments and the corresponding needs, abilities and limitations of people. All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees.