An Ecological Approach to the Supervisory Control of UAV Swarms

An Ecological Approach to the Supervisory Control of UAV Swarms

Fuchs, C.
Borst, C.
De Croon, G.C.H.E.
Van Paassen, M.M.
Mulder, M.

Aerospace Engineering

Control & Operations

2014-08-12

This research employs ecological interface design to improve the human machine interface of an existing ground control station for the supervisory control of UAV swarms. As a case study, a general ground surveillance mission with four UAVs is envisioned. An analysis of the swarming work domain is performed to generate a reduced set of means-end relations. This analysis leads to a novel design that shows predicted coverage and range of the UAVs in the swarm. An evaluation study with 10 participants showed that the new interface successfully enables operators to control a swarm of four UAVs and mitigate problems during mission execution. The results of the evaluation study showed that operators had a better system understanding and that it promoted creative problem solving activities to scenarios that could not be solved by fixed procedures.

IMAV2014
MAV
Micro Air Vehicle
UAV swarms

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:30be8171-2be9-49f9-a048-b2862c878388

https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:5b9adb73-9f9e-4785-865d-db5184efb888

Delft University of Technology

IMAV 2014: International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Competition 2014, Delft, The Netherlands, August 12-15, 2014

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