ASTAIR teaser

ASTAIR aims at designing a support tool for fully automated ground operations supervision. The project has the potential to smooth ground operations and ensure better predictability while mitigating the impact on human workload and environment.
In the near future, aircraft may be able to automatically follow a given route,
either they are equipped with autonomous taxi or they are towed engines off by
a tug. Given this assumption, an artificial intelligence based on advanced Multi
Agent System modelling would be highly efficient to manage the movements of
aircraft and tugs, deciding and potentially executing route clearances. By
providing speed regulations (see illustration) and better ressource management
such as real-time tug allocations, this system will be able to anticipate
congestions and provide conflict free routes. While this higher level of
automation and autonomy of an AI system for ground movements promises
efficiency, questions arise regarding Human Automation Teaming.