On 7 and 8 November 2018, at Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy Centrum Techniki Morskiej S.A. in Gdynia, Poland, the kick-off meeting of one of the so-called work packages, functioning under the name “Human Factor”, took place. The aforementioned package is being implemented within the Ocean 2020 project, which main objective is to develop the potential of unmanned air, surface and underwater platforms in the area of conducting the exploration and surveillance of sea basins.

The kick-off meeting of the “Human Factor” work package was attended not only by specialists from CTM, but also by representatives of institutions and companies representing eight countries. “Human Factor” is aimed at developing solutions in the field of task analysis, operator interface design, tools design and analysis of training needs, which will be available to the widespread use in the near future.