The use of gaze to control drones.

John Paulin Hansen; Alexandre Alapetite; Scott Mackenzie; Emilie Møllenbach

doi:10.1145/2578153.2578156

The use of gaze to control drones.

John Paulin Hansen
, Alexandre Alapetite
, Scott Mackenzie
, Emilie Møllenbach

Technical University of Denmark
York University

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Abstract

This paper presents an experimental investigation of gaze-based control modes for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or "drones"). Ten participants performed a simple flying task. We gathered empirical measures, including task completion time, and examined the user experience for difficulty, reliability, and fun. Four control modes were tested, with each mode applying a combination of x-y gaze movement and manual (keyboard) input to control speed (pitch), altitude, rotation (yaw), and drafting (roll). Participants had similar task completion times for all four control modes, but one combination was considered significantly more reliable than the others. We discuss design and performance issues for the gaze-plus-manual split of controls when drones are operated using gaze in conjunction with tablets, near-eye displays (glasses), or monitors.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications : ETRA '14
Number of pages	8
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	26 Mar 2014
Pages	27-34
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-2751-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2578153.2578156
Publication status	Published - 26 Mar 2014
Event	Eye Tracking Research and Applications - Safety Harbor Resort and Spa, Safety Harbor, Florida, United States Duration: 26 Mar 2014 → 28 May 2014 Conference number: 8 http://www.etra2014.org

Conference

Conference	Eye Tracking Research and Applications
Number	8
Location	Safety Harbor Resort and Spa
Country/Territory	United States
City	Safety Harbor, Florida
Period	26/03/2014 → 28/05/2014
Internet address	http://www.etra2014.org

Keywords

Gaze-Based Control
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
User Experience
Empirical Measures
Human-Drone Interaction

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Hansen, JP, Alapetite, A, Mackenzie, S & Møllenbach, E 2014, The use of gaze to control drones. in Proceedings of the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications: ETRA '14. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, pp. 27-34, Eye Tracking Research and Applications , Safety Harbor, Florida, United States, 26/03/2014. https://doi.org/10.1145/2578153.2578156

The use of gaze to control drones. / Hansen, John Paulin; Alapetite, Alexandre; Mackenzie, Scott et al.
Proceedings of the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications: ETRA '14. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, 2014. p. 27-34.

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