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Crew Resource Management for Automated Teammates (CRM-A)Crew Resource Management (CRM) is the application of human factors knowledge and skills to ensure that teams make effective use of all resources. This includes ensuring that pilots bring in opinions of other teammates and utilize their unique capabilities. CRM was originally developed 40 years ago in response to a number of airline accidents in which the crew was found to be at fault. The goal was to improve teamwork among airline cockpit crews. The notion of "team" was later expanded to include cabin crew and ground resources. CRM has also been adopted by other industries, most notably medicine. Automation research now finds itself faced with similar issues to those faced by aviation 40 years ago: how to create a more robust system by making full use of both the automation and its human operators. With advances in machine intelligence, processing speed and cheap and plentiful memory, automation has advanced to the point that it can and should be treated as a teammate to fully take advantage of its capabilities and contributions to the system. This area of research is known as Human-Autonomy Teaming (HAT). Research on HAT has identified reusable patterns that can be applied in a wide range of applications. These patterns include features such as bi-directional communication and working agreements. This paper will explore the synergies between CRM and HAT. We believe that HAT research has much to learn from CRM and that there are benefits to expanding CRM to cover automation.
Document ID
20180004774
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Shively, Robert J.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Lachter, Joel
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Koteskey, Robert
(San Jose State Univ. Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Brandt, Summer L.
(San Jose State Univ. Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 29, 2018
Publication Date
July 15, 2018
Subject Category
Cybernetics, Artificial Intelligence And Robotics
Air Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
ARC-E-DAA-TN59012
ARC-E-DAA-TN54048
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Country: United States
Start Date: July 15, 2018
End Date: July 20, 2018
Sponsors: HCI International
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX17AE07A
WBS: WBS 340428.02.30.01.01
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
Crew Resource Management
Human-Autonomy Teaming
automation
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