Abstract: A system and method for mental workload measurement and analysis are disclosed, which measure time intervals between saccades in eye movements. These intervals, called Inter Saccadic Intervals (ISI), characterize different levels of mental workload during operator performance, such as for MRO (Operator of Robot Manipulator). The device can include sensors for measuring oculometric potentials from the human face, an amplifier for amplifying measured potentials, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter for generating digital output signals relating to the measured potentials, and a digital computer for continually measuring the electrooculogramic potential, extracting the saccades, calculating ISIS, and then determining quantitative criteria of mental workload based on the ISIS.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for autonomously training an operator to manipulate an object, such as a robotics device in space or simulated in-space conditions. Input parameters are gathered during a presented training exercise and used to provide feedback to the operator relating to the results of the training exercise. The feedback can be presented as graphical and textual data, and can be shown in varying degrees of detail. The system can advantageously determine a factor having a high correlation between the result of the training exercise and the operator's level of skill relating to that determined factor, which helps the operator to define the cause of the training result. Training is preferably presented to the operator based on baseline skill levels associated with a stored operator's profile. A system and method are also provided to monitor and mitigate operator critical skill degradation.