Human-Drone Teaming: Use Case Bookshelf Inventory

Drones are flying machines that can sense in 3D, which makes them well suited for tasks that requiresensing in different altitudes. Besides stable autonomous indoor operation of drones, drones also needto be prepared to interact with humans on dedicated tasks. We study the use of custom drones ina sample 3D scanning task, namely bookshelf inventory. We build a prototype distributed systemconsisting of a drone with an onboard camera, autopilot, and Wi-Fi connectivity, and a smartphoneapp that performs book recognition and navigation control, while also interacting with the humanteammate. We report first findings in book detection success and discuss interaction options forhumans to team up with drones. (Best Poster Award)