Cognitive Automated Sensor Integrated Unmanned Mission System

UAV Guidance and Management from the Cockpit

Description

Future helicopter technologies are studied in the CASIMUS project. The research focus lies on the cooperation of manned and unmanned aircraft (drones/UAVs) in so-called Manned-Unmanned-Teaming (MUM-T) configurations. Such cooperation approaches are developed at the Institute of Flight Systems and tested together with Bundeswehr pilots in the own helicopter mission simulator. Subcapabilities are tested on UAV demonstrators in real flight.

Manned-unmanned-teaming configurations

Research priorities of the Project:

Mixed-Initiative Missionmanagement

The complexity of the mission plan and execution is greatly increased by the requirement to command up to four aircraft simultaneously. Therefore, the pilot is supported in mission management by a mixed initiative planning system. This provides suggestions and hints on the current mission plan. In particular, the type, timing, frequency and scope of assistance are interesting research topics to be investigated in man-machine experiments.

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Variable degrees of automation in UAV Missionmanagement

The high mission complexity is also visible in the command of the UAVs. Previous approaches to reducing the workload primarily foresee an increase in automation on board the UAVs, for example in the form of order-based command and control. In this case, however, the human being gives control to the machine, which can prove disadvantageous in some situations. With variable degrees of automation, a balance can be struck between workload and control and adjusted according to the situation. The creation of a cognitive architecture suitable for this, as well as the investigation of the problems arising in this context and the appropriate …

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Multi-UAV-Kooperation

By forming several UAVs into a team, the pilot's workload can be reduced. In this type of cooperation, the aircraft independently distribute tasks among themselves in order to increase overall performance. Research topics are the increase of mission performance through cooperation, possible types of cooperation, as well as the pilot's influence on the team.

contributions to main research areas

This project contributes to the following research areas of the institute:

Mission Management
Adaptive Automation/Autonomy
Operateur/Pilot Assistance
Cognitive Architectures
UAV Automation/Autonomy
Human Automation Integration

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