Task delegation in an agent supervisory control relationship capability awareness in a cognitive agent

An artificial cognitive agent, guiding a UAV based on operator-given tasks, is introduced onboard a conventionally automated aircraft in order to support the human operator. The agent acts in two roles - as subordinate to the human and at the same time as supervisor to the conventional onboard automation. The hierarchical relationship is described by the term Agent Supervisory Control. The ACU performs Supervisory Functions, with which the tasks of the operator are aggregated into single actions. The agent considers automation functions of the UAV as capabilities that are managed and incorporated into its planning and execution process in accordance to their availability and requirements. Task delegation is highly adaptable and aims at situation adequate supervision for the operator. The agent uses its capability awareness in its subordinate role to correct possible mismatches in the mental model of the human.