System of User Interfaces
The emergency response incidents (e.g., Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) incidents or weapons of mass destruction) are evolving from a response involving humans (e.g. first responders, government officials, civilians) with equipment (e.g. protective suits, vehicles, sensors) to a response system combining humans and thinking machines (e.g. robots, information technology). The difference between equipment (e.g. fire engines, radios, maps) and thinking machines (e.g. robots, computerized decision support systems) is that machines incorporate some cognitive abilities. If the emergency response system is to take effective advantage of emerging technology, the response activity needs to be understood in a way that facilitates the incorporation of these thinking machines and the development of effective human machine interactions. The incorporation of new thinking machines into the emergency response system is resulting in a shift, abet slowly, to a new paradigm.
The long-term objective is to design and develop a system of robots and associated human-robot interfaces (HRI) appropriate technology for all responders throughout the human response command hierarchy by first understanding the human activities, rather than starting with the technology design and then evaluating its effectiveness after development.
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