A team led by UCF’s Gerd Bruder worked with Cislune, Inc., to build a prototype of a moon mission simulator designed to optimize interactions between astronauts and autonomous systems on future space missions. They hope to reduce cognitive workload for astronauts, who must make critical decisions while under stress and inundated with data.
The team leveraged interdisciplinary knowledge, including decision support systems designed for nurses and medical professionals. They studied how human-machine trust, uncertainty, and decision-making intersect by using VR simulations. The prototype immerses users in a realistic, mission-relevant environment. The team hopes to expand the simulator and study ways to improve how machine assistants help astronauts make decisions under stress.
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