Firefighters' Perceptions on Collaboration and Interaction with Autonomous Drones: Results of a Field Trial

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Autori principali: Li, Moyi, Katsiuba, Dzmitry, Dolata, Mateusz, Schwabe, Gerhard
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author Li, Moyi
Katsiuba, Dzmitry
Dolata, Mateusz
Schwabe, Gerhard
author_facet Li, Moyi
Katsiuba, Dzmitry
Dolata, Mateusz
Schwabe, Gerhard
contents Applications of drones in emergency response, like firefighting, have been promoted in the past decade. As the autonomy of drones continues to improve, the ways in which they are integrated into firefighting teams and their impact on crews are changing. This demands more understanding of how firefighters perceive and interact with autonomous drones. This paper presents a drone-based system for emergency operations with which firefighters can interact through sound, lights, and a graphical user interface. We use interviews with stakeholders collected in two field trials to explore their perceptions of the interaction and collaboration with drones. Our result shows that firefighters perceived visual interaction as adequate. However, for audio instructions and interfaces, information overload emerges as an essential problem. The potential impact of drones on current work configurations may involve shifting the position of humans closer to supervisory decision-makers and changing the training structure and content.
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spellingShingle Firefighters' Perceptions on Collaboration and Interaction with Autonomous Drones: Results of a Field Trial
Li, Moyi
Katsiuba, Dzmitry
Dolata, Mateusz
Schwabe, Gerhard
Human-Computer Interaction
Applications of drones in emergency response, like firefighting, have been promoted in the past decade. As the autonomy of drones continues to improve, the ways in which they are integrated into firefighting teams and their impact on crews are changing. This demands more understanding of how firefighters perceive and interact with autonomous drones. This paper presents a drone-based system for emergency operations with which firefighters can interact through sound, lights, and a graphical user interface. We use interviews with stakeholders collected in two field trials to explore their perceptions of the interaction and collaboration with drones. Our result shows that firefighters perceived visual interaction as adequate. However, for audio instructions and interfaces, information overload emerges as an essential problem. The potential impact of drones on current work configurations may involve shifting the position of humans closer to supervisory decision-makers and changing the training structure and content.
title Firefighters' Perceptions on Collaboration and Interaction with Autonomous Drones: Results of a Field Trial
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.10153