Abstract
As the capability and complexity of UAVs continue to increase, the human-robot interface community has a responsibility to design better ways of specifying the complex 3D flight paths necessary for instructing them. Immersive interfaces, such as those afforded by virtual reality (VR), have several unique traits which may improve the user's ability to perceive and specify 3D information. These traits include stereoscopic depth cues which induce a sense of physical space as well as six degrees of freedom (DoF) natural head-pose and gesture interactions. This work introduces an open-source platform for 3D aerial path planning in VR and compares it to existing UAV piloting interfaces. Our study has found statistically significant improvements in safety and subjective usability over a manual control interface, while achieving a statistically significant efficiency improvement over a 2D touchscreen interface. The results illustrate that immersive interfaces provide a viable alternative to touchscreen interfaces for UAV path planning.
Abstract (translated)
随着无人机能力和复杂性的不断提高，人机界面社区有责任设计更好的方法来指定指导无人机所需的复杂三维飞行路径。沉浸式界面，如虚拟现实（VR）提供的界面，有几个独特的特点，可以提高用户感知和指定三维信息的能力。这些特征包括立体的深度线索，它能诱发一种物理空间感，以及六自由度（DOF）的自然头部姿势和手势互动。介绍了一个虚拟现实中三维航迹规划的开源平台，并与现有的无人机驾驶界面进行了比较。我们的研究发现，与手动控制界面相比，在安全性和主观可用性方面有统计学上的显著改善，而与二维触摸屏界面相比，在效率方面有统计学上的显著改善。结果表明，沉浸式界面为无人机路径规划提供了一种可行的触摸屏界面替代方案。
URL
https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.08593
