Human-Drone Interactions with Semi-Autonomous Cohorts of Collaborating Drones

TL;DR

This paper explores a novel scenario where multiple humans and semi-autonomous drones collaborate during emergency response, highlighting interaction types and drawing on the DroneResponse project as a case study.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of human-drone collaboration involving multiple humans and drones in emergency scenarios, expanding beyond traditional single-drone or team-of-operators models.

Findings

Different interaction types are discussed and categorized.

Examples from the DroneResponse project illustrate collaborative scenarios.

The paper identifies challenges and opportunities in multi-human, multi-drone coordination.

Abstract

Research in human-drone interactions has primarily focused on cases in which a person interacts with a single drone as an active controller, recipient of information, or a social companion; or cases in which an individual, or a team of operators interacts with a swarm of drones as they perform some coordinated flight patterns. In this position paper we explore a third scenario in which multiple humans and drones collaborate in an emergency response scenario. We discuss different types of interactions, and draw examples from current DroneResponse project.