Tasking, Teaming, Swarming: Design Patterns for Human Delegation of Unmanned Vehicles

In this article we discuss the distinction between human delegation modes of single and multiple unmanned vehicles (UV). To describe the co-agency of humans and highly automated unmanned systems (i.e. human autonomy teaming, HAT) a design and description language for HAT design patterns will be used to describe and distinguish between control modes of tasking, teaming and swarming. Concerning tasking, we advocate for a scalable delegation concept. A distinction of multi-UV teaming and swarming will be made from a human user’s perspective. Finally, we will briefly report on some preliminary results from human-in-the-loop experimentation in our fast-jet research simulator, involving the cockpit-based control of UVs and swarms.