Abstract
This paper presents our approach to develop effective human interface design for "rescue robot" systems, i.e., robotic surrogates for human rescuers in search and rescue activities. After Vicente and Rasmussen's principle of ecological interface design (EID), the latent structure of the robotic search task is analyzed into the abstraction hierarchy, especially focusing on the operator's situation awareness (SA) on the search region. Based upon the task analysis, a experimental interface system for enhancing SA in the robotic search activities is developed and evaluated.
