TY - GEN
T1 - Investigation of human-robot comfort with a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle compared to a ground robot
AU - Acharya, Urja
AU - Bevins, Alisha
AU - Duncan, Brittany A.
N1 - Funding Information:
*This work was supported by NSF NRI 1638099 1All authors are affiliated with the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
Funding Information:
This work was supported by NSF NRI 1638099.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/12/13
Y1 - 2017/12/13
N2 - This paper presents an investigation of human comfort with a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (sUAV) through a study offering a comparison of comfort with a sUAV versus a ground vehicle. Current research on human comfort with sUAVs has been limited to a single previous study, which did not include free flight, and while ground vehicle distancing has been studied, it has never been directly compared to a sUAV. The novelty in the approach is the use of a motion capture room to achieve smooth trajectories and precise measurements, while conducting the first free flight study to compare human comfort after interaction with aerial versus ground vehicles (within subjects, N=16). These results will contribute to understanding of social, collaborative, and assistive robots, with implications for general human-robot interactions as they evolve to include aerial vehicles. Based on the reduced stress and distance (36.5cm or 1.2ft) for ground vehicles and increased stress and distance (65.5cm or 2.15ft) for sUAVs, it is recommended that studies be conducted to understand the implications of design features on comfort in interactions with sUAVs and how they differ from those with ground robots.
AB - This paper presents an investigation of human comfort with a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (sUAV) through a study offering a comparison of comfort with a sUAV versus a ground vehicle. Current research on human comfort with sUAVs has been limited to a single previous study, which did not include free flight, and while ground vehicle distancing has been studied, it has never been directly compared to a sUAV. The novelty in the approach is the use of a motion capture room to achieve smooth trajectories and precise measurements, while conducting the first free flight study to compare human comfort after interaction with aerial versus ground vehicles (within subjects, N=16). These results will contribute to understanding of social, collaborative, and assistive robots, with implications for general human-robot interactions as they evolve to include aerial vehicles. Based on the reduced stress and distance (36.5cm or 1.2ft) for ground vehicles and increased stress and distance (65.5cm or 2.15ft) for sUAVs, it is recommended that studies be conducted to understand the implications of design features on comfort in interactions with sUAVs and how they differ from those with ground robots.
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U2 - 10.1109/IROS.2017.8206104
DO - 10.1109/IROS.2017.8206104
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85041957585
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
SP - 2758
EP - 2765
BT - IROS 2017 - IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2017
Y2 - 24 September 2017 through 28 September 2017
ER -