Recommended hazard and risk controls including facility re-layout. Investigation revealed common safety hazards and ergonomic stressors across, and protective measures across smelting operations. Re-layout was effective measure for reducing health hazards. Investigation of effect of visual display type, navigational aid and user spatial abilities on navigation training in virtual environment. Research is to categorize 12 modes of MD-11 automation according to a theoretical taxonomy of levels of automation published in the ergonomics literature.
Research is to produce a new measure of commercial pilot situation awareness.
Four-year research program involving study of telepresence, the sense of being present at a remote site, in context of human control of teleoperated robots. A model of telepresence is to be developed in factors affecting incidence and strength of qualitative and quantitative telepresence measured through physiological variables including heart rate variability. Model will be applied to different teleoperator setups and design guidelines formulated for virtual interface design promoting telepresence. Model will also be used to describe the telepresence effect on teleoperator performance. Development of job and safety evaluation proposals to provide company with direction in standardizing and improving work methods.