Drone near me: Exploring touch-based human-drone interaction

被引：52

作者：

Abtahi, Parastoo ^{[1
]}

Zhao, David ^{[1
]}

Jane, L.E. ^{[1
]}

Landay, James ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Gates Computer Science Building, 353 Serra Mall, Stanford,CA,94305, United States

来源：

Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies | 2017年 / 1卷 / 03期

关键词：

Virtual reality;

D O I：

10.1145/3130899

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摘要：

Personal drones are becoming more mainstream and are used for a variety of tasks, such as delivery and photography. The exposed blades in conventional drones raise serious safety concerns. To address this, commercial drones have been moving towards a safe-to-touch design or have increased safety by adding propeller guards. The affordances of safe-to-touch drones enable new types of touch-based human-drone interaction. Various applications have been explored, such as augmented sports and haptic feedback in virtual reality; however, it is unclear if individuals feel comfortable using direct touch and manipulation when interacting with safe-to-touch drones. A previous elicitation study showed how users naturally interact with drones. We replicated this study with an unsafe and a safe-to-touch drone, to find out if participants will instinctively use touch as a means of interacting with the safe-to-touch drone. We found that 58% of the participants used touch, and across all tasks 39% of interactions were touch-based. The proposed touch interactions were in agreement for 67% of the tasks, and users reported that interacting with the safe-to-touch drone was significantly less mentally demanding than the unsafe drone. © 2017 Copyright held by the owner/author(s).

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