TY - GEN
T1 - Understanding Drone Landing on the Human Body
AU - Auda, Jonas
AU - Weigel, Martin
AU - Cauchard, Jessica R.
AU - Schneegass, Stefan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Owner/Author.
PY - 2021/9/27
Y1 - 2021/9/27
N2 - We envision the human body as a platform for fast take-off and landing of drones in entertainment and professional uses such as medical emergencies, rescue missions, or supporting police units. This new interaction modality challenges our knowledge of human-drone experiences, in which interaction usually occurs at a distance from the body. This work explores important factors for understanding the interplay between drones and humans. We first investigated the suitability of various body locations for landing in an online study (N = 159). Our results, presented as body maps, show that the hand and upper back are particularly well-suited body locations. We further tested these findings in a follow-up study (N = 12), in which participants experienced drones landing on their bodies through carefully designed and pre-recorded 360°videos. This immersion into the landing scenarios helped us to identify common themes and research approaches for different body parts. Taken together, the findings provide first insights into location preferences and themes for drones landing on the human body.
AB - We envision the human body as a platform for fast take-off and landing of drones in entertainment and professional uses such as medical emergencies, rescue missions, or supporting police units. This new interaction modality challenges our knowledge of human-drone experiences, in which interaction usually occurs at a distance from the body. This work explores important factors for understanding the interplay between drones and humans. We first investigated the suitability of various body locations for landing in an online study (N = 159). Our results, presented as body maps, show that the hand and upper back are particularly well-suited body locations. We further tested these findings in a follow-up study (N = 12), in which participants experienced drones landing on their bodies through carefully designed and pre-recorded 360°videos. This immersion into the landing scenarios helped us to identify common themes and research approaches for different body parts. Taken together, the findings provide first insights into location preferences and themes for drones landing on the human body.
KW - Drone
KW - Human-Drone Interaction
KW - Mechanical Turk
KW - Micro Air Vehicle
KW - On-Body Landing
KW - UAV
KW - Virtual Reality Study
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85117330380&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3447526.3472031
DO - 10.1145/3447526.3472031
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85117330380
T3 - Proceedings of MobileHCI 2021 - ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction: Mobile Apart, MobileTogether
BT - Proceedings of MobileHCI 2021 - ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 23rd ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction: Mobile Apart, MobileTogether, MobileHCI 2021
Y2 - 27 September 2021 through 1 October 2021
ER -