Michael C. Dorneich

About

Michael C. Dorneich is a leading researcher in human-autonomy teaming and human-robot interaction, with a focus on the cognitive and emotional dimensions of teleoperation. His work has significantly advanced understanding of how time delays affect human performance, showing that delays of even fractions of a second degrade not only task efficiency but also user emotion, arousal, and satisfaction. His 2017 study on variable time delay in robotic teleoperation, with 48 citations, is a foundational reference in the field. Dorneich also bridges human-human teaming principles to human-autonomy teams, identifying key interaction paradigms that enable effective collaboration between humans and autonomous agents. His 2019 paper on this topic has garnered 20 citations and is widely used to guide the design of team interfaces. More recently, he has developed video game interface design patterns to facilitate human-agent teaming, drawing insights from commercial games to improve real-world human-autonomy systems. His research is essential for engineers and designers building safe, intuitive teleoperated and autonomous systems for critical applications like search and rescue.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   The Emotional, Cognitive, Physiological, and Performance Effects of Variable Time Delay in Robotic Teleoperation

   48 citations · 2017
2. 2
   The Effect of Time Delay on Emotion, Arousal, and Satisfaction in Human-Robot Interaction

   32 citations · 2015
3. 3
   Interaction Paradigms: from Human-Human Teaming to Human-Autonomy Teaming

   20 citations · 2019
4. 4
   Video Game Interface Design Patterns to Facilitate Human-Agent Teaming

   4 citations · 2023
5. 5
   Human Differences in Navigational Approaches during Tele-Robotic Search

   2 citations · 2013

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