Apparatus for determining operator awareness and for initiating precautionary measures on a robotic vehicle

A method, comprising:

• receiving robotic-vehicle-positioning-information indicative of robotic vehicle position data of a robotic vehicle transiting a work area at one or more locations on the work area;
• receiving operator-positioning-information indicative of operator position data of an operator controlling the robotic vehicle;
• generating, via processing circuitry, a virtual line-of-sight vector that originates from a device located at the operator based on the operator-positioning-information;
• generating, via processing circuitry, a virtual sight area that originates from the device located at the operator based on the virtual line-of-sight vector and a predetermined sight area parameter;
• determining, via processing circuitry, if the virtual sight area intersects with the robotic-vehicle-positioning-information;
• and
• initiating, via processing circuitry, one or more precautionary measures when the virtual sight area does not intersect with the robotic-vehicle-positioning-information.