Human-Drone Teaming: Use Case Bookshelf Inventory

Alexander Freistetter, Karin Anna Hummel

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Abstract

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)
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of IoT 2019, 9th International Conference on the Internet of Things, 2019
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Fields of science

  • 202038 Telecommunications
  • 102 Computer Sciences
  • 102002 Augmented reality
  • 102006 Computer supported cooperative work (CSCW)
  • 102013 Human-computer interaction
  • 102015 Information systems
  • 102021 Pervasive computing
  • 102025 Distributed systems
  • 102027 Web engineering

JKU Focus areas

  • Digital Transformation
  • Sustainable Development: Responsible Technologies and Management

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