Deriving Human-Centered Engineering Design Requirements for Exploration Extravehicular Activity Work Aids Through Narrative-Rich Use Case Scenarios

Details

• Personal Author:
  Swilley, Jakob ; Striling, Leia
• Description:
  Upcoming exploration extravehicular activity (EVA) will require crew to perform field geology to accomplish mission science goals. To support crew during science operations, technological work aids are being developed. However, deploying novel technologies inherently changes the characteristics of a work domain, which may introduce undesired work demands on operators. In this study, terrestrial field geologists were interviewed to derive human-centered engineering design requirements that help guide ongoing system development efforts to mitigate the human spaceflight risks of adverse mission outcomes due to Earth-independent human-systems operations and risk of injury and compromised performance during EVA operations. Engineering design requirements were synthesized from geologist feedback on narrative-rich use cases. These cases presented contextual scenarios of proposed exploration EVA work aids and function allocations between human and robotic agents to elicit decision-making influences. Engineering design requirements synthesized from this study can be adopted to improve human health and performance for planetary science operations. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Cognition
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Universal Design
• Keywords:
  • Human factors engineering; Design criteria; Geology; Automation; Robotics; Decision making;
  • Author Keywords: cognition; space systems; user-centered design; decision (aids, making, support, principles); automation
• Source:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 69th Annual Meeting, October 13-17, 2025, Chicago, Illinois. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2025 Sep; 69(1):94-99
• ISSN:
  1071-1813
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Chicago Region OSHA ; Michigan
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20071645
• Contact Point Address:
  Jakob Swilley, Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, 1891 IOE Building 1205, Beal Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1382, USA
• Email:
  jswilley@umich.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• Performing Organization:
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• End Date:
  20280630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/259418/cdc_259418_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 501.39 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d212aad6ba4f34f8598969a41f965779943c2f5d71ec5d697b4f816ed398e836a21b63a93b32a75714e60846d6ec3a77eaa51df7dfc144de62c2145cbdd9e4e2