Measuring the allocation of control in a 6 degree-of-freedom docking experiment

Coordination definitions and metrics are reviewed from the motor control, biomedical, and human factors literature. This paper presents an alternative measurement called the M-metric, the product of the simultaneity and efficiency of a trajectory, as a means of quantifying allocation of control within a docking task. A 6 degree-offreedom (dof) longitudinal virtual docking task experiment was conducted to address how control is allocated across six dofs, how allocation of control changes with extended practice, and if differences in the allocation of control are input device dependent. The results show that operators, rather than controlling all 6 dofs equally, allocate their control to the rotational and translational dofs separately, and switch control between the two groups. With practice, allocation of control within the translational and rotational subsets increases at a faster rate than across all 6 dofs together. Keywords Coordination, interaction techniques, allocation of contr...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Maurice R. Masliah, Paul Milgram
• Keywords: CHI 2000, Docking Task, Human Computer Interaction, Motor Control, Virtual Docking Task