Charles River Develops System to Assess Cognitive Workload
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Charles River Analytics Inc. recently worked with NASA to assess astronaut workload and performance during the testing and evaluation of new NASA systems. The company used the measurements from its CAPT PICARD system to determine how best to display health and status on the Orion space vehicle.
NASA is continually developing new technologies to improveastronaut effectiveness. These technologies risk overloading astronauts’cognitive capacities, degrading performance. Charles River’s system forCognitive Assessment and Prediction to Promote Individualized CapabilityAugmentation and Reduce Decrement (CAPT PICARD) supports testing andengineering, allowing engineers to quantitatively and continuously evaluate thecognitive demands of new tools and systems, as well as how they affect taskperformance.
Conducting workload assessment during developmental testingof a new system means users can identify features and designs that result inhigh workloads early in the process when redesigns are more feasible and lesscostly. The R&D Charles River conducted under CAPT PICARD and othercognitive workload assessment projects can also measure the trainingeffectiveness of realistic training simulations.
Visitors of I/ITSEC can learn more about CAPT PICARD and thecompany’s related capabilities from Dec. 2-6 in Orlando, Florida at Booth #1239.
