Topic – Automation
Objectives
- Define the term automation
- Provide examples of automated systems
- Describe appropriate circumstances for using automation in human-machine systems
- Describe potential problems with automation
- Define the term situational awareness
- Describe the levels of situational awareness
- Describe how automation effects situational awareness
Summary
Many systems employ automation, this lecture covers the critical step of integrating automated systems with humans and the level of awareness and monitoring necessary to ensure success of these systems. The Three Mile Island accident and the KAL 007 flight are used as case studies.
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Reference Materials
KAL 007 Flight information – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007
Three Mile Island accident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident
Basic information about automated control is given at the wikipedia article – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_control
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