Safe Handover in Mixed-Initiative Control ((15) E02)

• Subject Area: Image and Language Processing, Computer Graphics and Visualisation, Human Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous and Wearable Computing ; Human Factors, Ergonomics, Human-Machine Systems ; Theoretical Computer Science
• Term: since 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 389792660

Project E2 designs safe human-to-machine handover techniques in mixed-initiative control and addresses the recent trend to human oversight in autonomous vehicles and aviation. If a critical situation arises, operators need to be supported by an efficient interface for regaining and maintaining situational awareness during a handover. The research goals are 1) to extend the simulation environment to a physical lab representing a control centre for human oversight of multiple drones, 2) in the case of a critical situation, to explain not just the current system state, but also relevant information from the past and the foreseeable future, and 3) to develop suitable multimodal output techniques to explain the situation to the operator, also considering multiple drones.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 248: Foundations of Perspicuous Software Systems - Enabling Comprehension in a Cyber-Physical World
• Applicant Institution: Universität des Saarlandes
• Project Heads: Dr.-Ing. Stefan Borgwardt; Professorin Dr. Vera Demberg; Professor Dr. Jörg Hoffmann, until 12/2022; Professor Dr. Antonio Krüger