Study on the Mechanism of Pilot Fatigue on Performance

The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) cruise surveillance study is one type of encountered human-aircraft interaction tasks. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the pilot fatigue and performance. Thirty participants attended this experiment where they were recorded the performance under three task-loads which can cause different level of fatigue. Results indicated that the Low-Load and Medium-Load which this study set can guarantee better performance, and the High-Load can cause a significant drop in performance. The difficulty of the real mission should be avoided by setting a task that is equivalent to the High-Load in this experiment.