OperatorOriented Design of control stations

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Operator-Oriented Design of control stations
Yaniv Shoshan Product designer Tetra studio
ltd yaniv_at_tetrastudio.co.il
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Presentation agenda

• The importance of a happy UAV operator.
• Problems of current designs.
• Guidelines for good designs.
• The Design process and team members.
• Case studies.

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The flow of satisfaction

• User oriented design process.
• High quality operator environment.
• Better work conditions.
• Fewer errors and quicker responses (op. tech.).
• Higher overall system performance level.
• Satisfied customer (end users to managers).
• Increased sales.

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Further Impacts of good HMI

• Intuitive HMI (Human-Machine Interface).
• Simple operation.
• Lower work load on operator (civil vs. military).
• Shorter time to operational capability.

• Smaller crew.

• lower expertise demands
• from operator.
• shorter training time.

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Problems of current designs

• Engineering point of view.
• Console design begins late in the system
• development process.
• Focus on encasement needs rather than
• operators needs.
• Human factors regarding micro and not macro.
• Negative co-effect between hardware and
• work environment.

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Product design for UAV station

• Understanding the real needs of the operator.
• Evaluating every detail from the operators
• point of view.
• Ensuring a fast and simple maintenance procedure.
• A coherent design - not a collection of items.

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Development team

• Engineers technical requirements and solutions.
• Operators hands-on experience.
• Human factors GUI and ergonomic guidelines.
• Product designer user oriented integration.
  Experience from other product fields.

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Conclusion

• The performance bottleneck of most UAV systems is
  the human-machine interface
• To ensure the optimization of capabilities - look
  at everything from the operators point of view.
• Bringing a product designer to the development
  team is cost effective the earlier the better.

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Portable UAV control
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Portable UAV control
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Console development
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Console development
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Console development
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UAV simulator
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Unmanned patrol boat