Traclabs Inc.

Future Deep Space Missions Will Present New Challenges for Crew and Increased Risks to Human Performance Due to the Stress Fatigue Radiation Exposure and Isolation That Characterizes These Missions. in Addition Crew Will No Longer Be Able to Depend on Timely Support From Mission Control Due to Distance From the Earth But Will Have to Work Autonomously While Maintaining High Performance. Mission Controllers May Not Be Available to Answer Questions Check System Status Assist With Procedures Monitor for Errors or Troubleshoot Problems. Greater Crew Autonomy Will Increase Dependence on Automated Systems and Design of These Automated Systems Must Be Driven by Sound Human-system Integration Standards and Guidelines in Order to Ensure Mission Success. Historically Crew Have Had Very Limited Dependence on Automated Systems Thus Crew Will Be Faced With a New Way of Working That May Put Situation Awareness (SA) at Risk. We Must Develop Methods for Promoting Good Situation Awareness in the Automated Systems That Will Most Certainly Be Part of Future Deep Space Vehicles and Habitats. Procedure Automation Is a Promising Technology for Reducing Crew Workload. We Define Procedure Automation as Technology That Automates the Selection or Execution of Procedural Tasks. Structuring the Work of Automation According to Human Procedures Should Improve the Transparency of Automation Actions. This Approach Provides a Means for Establishing Common Ground About Ongoing Tasks to Improve Operator Understanding of Automation Behavior [3]. New Technologies Such as Adaptive Multimodal Augmented Reality Displays Can Offer the Benefits of Information Presentation Tailored to Meet the Needs of Crewmembers Taking Into Consideration Crew Workload as Well as the Current State of His/her Environment and Ongoing Activities (e.g. Emergency Situation Time-critical Operations). We Propose to Combine Technology for Procedure Automation With Technology for Augmented Reality Multi-modal (ARMM) User Interfaces Using Microsoft Hololens Head-mounted Display to Provide a Virtual Task Assistant to Assist Crew in Performing Procedural Work. This Virtual Task Assistant Will Be Capable of Identifying Which Procedures Should Be Performed Performing Actions in Crew Procedures and Summarizing Actions Taken by the Human-automation Team to Assist Crew in Preparing for Tasks and Taking Over Tasks From Other Team Members.