3. Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) from the Top-Down and the Bottom-Up

Abstract

When we take a top-down approach to understanding issues surrounding ROV implementation, we can employ the metaphor either literally or as a form of abstraction hierarchy (Rasmussen, 1986). Literally, the military's necessity for moment-to-moment information mandates a suite of context-specific technological capabilities for sensor and effector systems. This suite includes but is not limited to systems in outer space (such as geo-synchronized orbiting platforms), high altitude atmospheric systems (such as Global Hawk) and other craft which operate less than hundreds of feet from earth down to almost ground level itself.

Citation

Oron-Gilad, T., Chen, J.Y.C. and Hancock, P.A. (2006), "3. Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) from the Top-Down and the Bottom-Up", Cooke, N.J., Pringle, H.L., Pedersen, H.K. and Connor, O. (Ed.) Human Factors of Remotely Operated Vehicles (Advances in Human Performance and Cognitive Engineering Research, Vol. 7), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 37-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3601(05)07003-7