Interplay of capability and personality when cooperating with autonomy

Abstract

Based on the prior exploratory results a positive relationship with technology has an association with algorithmic thinking skills. Furthermore, a compounding effect of this relationship and higher algorithmic thinking skills could have an effect task performance with unmanned autonomous ground vehicles. In this paper a further analysis is necessary to take into consideration the accuracy of this subjective measure compared to objective data from the experiment. There is also a connection between task performance and personal attributes. This paper studies the interplay between personality, algorithmic thinking and performance with autonomy. The rich data is also discussed, and methodological implications related to combining different types of data are brought about. The results are derived from simulated combat scenarios where squad and platoon leaders utilized the UGV’s as part of the defending force. Data consists of interaction data from the UGV user interface, UX surveys, and performance data and background data of the participants. The participants of the experiment consisted of 431 conscripts, 27 commissioned officers and 37 armored reserve officer students all from the armored brigade of Finland. The experiments were run during May and June 2024.

Keywords: human-autonomy interaction, personality traits, algortihmic thinking, performance

DOI: 10.54941/ahfe1005911