How is the Pilot Doing: VTOL Pilot Workload Estimation by Multimodal Machine Learning on Psycho-physiological Signals

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Autores principales: Park, Jong Hoon, Chen, Lawrence, Higgins, Ian, Zheng, Zhaobo, Mehrotra, Shashank, Salubre, Kevin, Mousaei, Mohammadreza, Willits, Steven, Levedahl, Blain, Buker, Timothy, Xing, Eliot, Misu, Teruhisa, Scherer, Sebastian, Oh, Jean
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author Park, Jong Hoon
Chen, Lawrence
Higgins, Ian
Zheng, Zhaobo
Mehrotra, Shashank
Salubre, Kevin
Mousaei, Mohammadreza
Willits, Steven
Levedahl, Blain
Buker, Timothy
Xing, Eliot
Misu, Teruhisa
Scherer, Sebastian
Oh, Jean
author_facet Park, Jong Hoon
Chen, Lawrence
Higgins, Ian
Zheng, Zhaobo
Mehrotra, Shashank
Salubre, Kevin
Mousaei, Mohammadreza
Willits, Steven
Levedahl, Blain
Buker, Timothy
Xing, Eliot
Misu, Teruhisa
Scherer, Sebastian
Oh, Jean
contents Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft do not require a prolonged runway, thus allowing them to land almost anywhere. In recent years, their flexibility has made them popular in development, research, and operation. When compared to traditional fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft, VTOLs bring unique challenges as they combine many maneuvers from both types of aircraft. Pilot workload is a critical factor for safe and efficient operation of VTOLs. In this work, we conduct a user study to collect multimodal data from 28 pilots while they perform a variety of VTOL flight tasks. We analyze and interpolate behavioral patterns related to their performance and perceived workload. Finally, we build machine learning models to estimate their workload from the collected data. Our results are promising, suggesting that quantitative and accurate VTOL pilot workload monitoring is viable. Such assistive tools would help the research field understand VTOL operations and serve as a stepping stone for the industry to ensure VTOL safe operations and further remote operations.
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spellingShingle How is the Pilot Doing: VTOL Pilot Workload Estimation by Multimodal Machine Learning on Psycho-physiological Signals
Park, Jong Hoon
Chen, Lawrence
Higgins, Ian
Zheng, Zhaobo
Mehrotra, Shashank
Salubre, Kevin
Mousaei, Mohammadreza
Willits, Steven
Levedahl, Blain
Buker, Timothy
Xing, Eliot
Misu, Teruhisa
Scherer, Sebastian
Oh, Jean
Human-Computer Interaction
Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft do not require a prolonged runway, thus allowing them to land almost anywhere. In recent years, their flexibility has made them popular in development, research, and operation. When compared to traditional fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft, VTOLs bring unique challenges as they combine many maneuvers from both types of aircraft. Pilot workload is a critical factor for safe and efficient operation of VTOLs. In this work, we conduct a user study to collect multimodal data from 28 pilots while they perform a variety of VTOL flight tasks. We analyze and interpolate behavioral patterns related to their performance and perceived workload. Finally, we build machine learning models to estimate their workload from the collected data. Our results are promising, suggesting that quantitative and accurate VTOL pilot workload monitoring is viable. Such assistive tools would help the research field understand VTOL operations and serve as a stepping stone for the industry to ensure VTOL safe operations and further remote operations.
title How is the Pilot Doing: VTOL Pilot Workload Estimation by Multimodal Machine Learning on Psycho-physiological Signals
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.06448