Regina A. Pomranky
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About
Regina A. Pomranky is a human factors researcher whose career has focused on the intersection of human cognition and unmanned systems, with particular emphasis on military robotics and autonomous technologies. Working within the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Human Research and Engineering Directorate, she has made meaningful contributions to understanding how soldiers interact with increasingly complex robotic platforms developed under the Army's Future Combat Systems initiative. Her most influential work, "Determination of Mental Workload During Operation of Multiple Unmanned Systems" (2007, 13 citations), applied predictive modeling to assess cognitive demands placed on operators managing multiple unmanned systems simultaneously — a critical challenge as battlefield automation expanded. Complementing this, her task analysis of the Raven Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (2006, 10 citations) helped establish frameworks for integrating diverse robotic systems within a coordinated family of technologies. Pomranky's later research explored practical solutions to operator cognitive burden, investigating soldier aids for autonomous ground vehicles and evaluating computer-aided teleoperation technologies like CARMAN and CATO. Across her body of work, she has consistently bridged experimental research and real-world military application, helping shape human-robot interaction standards that prioritize soldier effectiveness, safety, and manageable workload in high-stakes operational environments.
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