Joining the blunt and the pointy end of the spear: Towards a common framework of joint action, human–machine cooperation, cooperative guidance and control, shared, traded and supervisory control

Flemisch, F.; Abbink, D.A.; Itoh, M.; Pacaux-Lemoine, M. P.; Weßel, G.

doi:10.1007/s10111-019-00576-1

Joining the blunt and the pointy end of the spear

Title

Joining the blunt and the pointy end of the spear: Towards a common framework of joint action, human–machine cooperation, cooperative guidance and control, shared, traded and supervisory control

Author

Flemisch, F. (Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics FKIE; Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule)
Abbink, D.A. (TU Delft Human-Robot Interaction)
Itoh, M. (University of Tsukuba)
Pacaux-Lemoine, M. P. (Université Polytechnique Hauts de France)
Weßel, G. (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule)

Date

2019

Abstract

To introduce this special issue of shared and cooperative control, we will look into history of tools in cooperation between humans and aim to unify the plethora of related concepts and definitions that have been proposed in recent years, such as shared control, human–machine cooperation and cooperative guidance and control. Concretely, we provide definitions to relate these concepts and sketch a unifying framework of shared and cooperative control that sees the different concepts as different perspectives or foci on a common design space of shared intentionality, control and cooperation between humans and machines. One working hypothesis which the article explores is that shared control can be understood as cooperation at the control layer, while human–machine cooperation can include shared control, but can also extend towards cooperation at higher layers, e.g., of guidance and navigation, of maneuvers and goals. The relationship between shared control and human–machine cooperation is compared to the relationship between the sharp, pointy tip and the (blunt) shaft of a spear. Shared control is where cooperation comes sharply into effect at the control layer, but to be truly effective it should be supported by cooperation on all layers beyond the operational layer, e.g., on the tactical and strategic layer. A fourth layer addresses the meta-communication about the cooperation and supports the other three layers in a traversal way.

Subject

Human–machine cooperation
Human–machine systems
Joint action
Shared control

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-019-00576-1

ISSN

1435-5558

Source

Cognition, Technology and Work, 21 (4), 555-568

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