Minimizing Human Factors Mishaps in Unmanned Aircraft Systems

• Qaisar R. Waraich ; Thomas A. Mazzuchi ^[1] ; Shahram Sarkani ^[1] ; David F. Rico
  1. [1] George Washington University

     George Washington University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Ergonomics in Design: The Quaterly of Human Factors Applications, ISSN 1064-8046, Vol. 21, Nº. 1, 2013, págs. 25-32
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) mishaps attributable to lack of attention to human factors/ergonomics (HF/E) science in their ground control stations (GCSes) are alarmingly high, and UAS-specific HF/E engineering standards are years away from development. The ANSI/HFES 100-2007 human factors standard is proposed as a specification for the design of UASes because of the similarity between general-purpose computer workstations and GCSes. Data were collected from 20 UASes to determine the applicability of commercial standards to GCS designs. Analysis shows that general-purpose computer workstations and UAS GCSes are up to 98% similar. Therefore, our findings suggest that the application of commercial human factors standards may be a good solution for minimizing UAS mishaps.