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Multimodal Perception and Multicriterion Control of Nested SystemsThe purpose of this report is to identify the essential characteristics of goal-directed whole-body motion. The report is organized into three major sections (Sections 2, 3, and 4). Section 2 reviews general themes from ecological psychology and control-systems engineering that are relevant to the perception and control of whole-body motion. These themes provide an organizational framework for analyzing the complex and interrelated phenomena that are the defining characteristics of whole-body motion. Section 3 of this report applies the organization framework from the first section to the problem of perception and control of aircraft motion. This is a familiar problem in control-systems engineering and ecological psychology. Section 4 examines an essential but generally neglected aspect of vehicular control: coordination of postural control and vehicular control. To facilitate presentation of this new idea, postural control and its coordination with vehicular control are analyzed in terms of conceptual categories that are familiar in the analysis of vehicular control.
Document ID
19980017145
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Technical Publication (TP)
Authors
Riccio, Gary E. (Nascent Technologies Ltd. Houston, TX United States)
McDonald, P. Vernon (National Space Biomedical Research Inst. Houston, TX United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1998
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.60:3703
S-835
NASA/TP-3703
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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