scholarly journals Improving Human Ground Control Performance in Unmanned Aerial Systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 188
Author(s):  
Marianna Di Gregorio ◽  
Marco Romano ◽  
Monica Sebillo ◽  
Giuliana Vitiello ◽  
Angela Vozella
Keyword(s):  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Human Machine Interface ◽  
Ground Control ◽  
Entire Group ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Systems ◽  
Ground Control Station ◽  
Machine Interface ◽  
Team Situation Awareness ◽  
Aerial Systems

The use of Unmanned Aerial Systems, commonly called drones, is growing enormously today. Applications that can benefit from the use of fleets of drones and a related human–machine interface are emerging to ensure better performance and reliability. In particular, a fleet of drones can become a valuable tool for monitoring a wide area and transmitting relevant information to the ground control station. We present a human–machine interface for a Ground Control Station used to remotely operate a fleet of drones, in a collaborative setting, by a team of multiple operators. In such a collaborative setting, a major interface design challenge has been to maximize the Team Situation Awareness, shifting the focus from the individual operator to the entire group decision-makers. We were especially interested in testing the hypothesis that shared displays may improve the team situation awareness and hence the overall performance. The experimental study we present shows that there is no difference in performance between shared and non-shared displays. However, in trials when unexpected events occurred, teams using shared displays-maintained good performance whereas in teams using non-shared displays performance reduced. In particular, in case of unexpected situations, operators are able to safely bring more drones home, maintaining a higher level of team situational awareness.

Design and Realization of Remote Control UAV’s Flight Controller

2014 ◽  
Vol 989-994 ◽  
pp. 2951-2954
Author(s):  
Ye Tian ◽  
Hong De Deng ◽  
Hao Yue Zhuang
Keyword(s):  
Remote Control ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Human Machine Interface ◽  
Ground Control ◽  
Ground Control Station ◽  
Machine Interface ◽  
Developing Platform

To provide UAV’s operator with flight information in real time, according to the property of remote control UAV and human-machine interface design, a flight controller has been implemented. The flight controller used LabWindows/CVI、GL Studio and UDP communication as the main developing platform. The system has been used in projection, and the test had showed that it could meet the need of the GCS(ground control station) of remote control UAV.

scholarly journals TOWARDS MORE EFFICIENT UAS DATA ACQUISITION: CAMERA AUTO MOUNT PIVOTING OBLIQUE SURVEY

2021 ◽  
Vol XLIII-B1-2021 ◽  
pp. 139-147
Author(s):  
I. S. G. Campos
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
Region Of Interest ◽  
Point Clouds ◽  
Ground Control ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Systems ◽  
Coverage Area ◽  
Check Points ◽  
Ground Control Station ◽  
Aerial Systems ◽  
Additional Hardware

Abstract. In this paper I present a new MAVLink command, enabling oblique aerial surveys, along with its implementation on the major open source flight stacks (PX4 and ArduPilot) and ground control station (QGroundControl). A key advantage of this approach is that it enables vehicles with a typical gimbaled camera to capture oblique photos in the same pass as nadir photos, without the need for heavier and more expensive alternatives that feature multiple cameras, at fixed angles in a rigid mount, thus are unsuitable for lightweight platforms. It also allows for flexibility in the configuration of the camera angles. The principle is quite simple, the command combines camera triggering with mount actuation in a synchronized cycle along the flight traverses through the region of interest. Oblique photos have also been shown to increase the accuracy of data and help filling holes in point clouds and related outputs of surveys with vertical components. To provide evidence of its benefits, I compare the results of several missions, in simulated and field experiments, flown with nadir only surveys versus oblique surveys, and different camera configurations. In both cases, ground control and check points were used to evaluate the accuracy of the surveys. The field experiments show the vehicle had to fly 44% less with the oblique survey to cover the same area as the nadir survey, which could translate in a 80% gain in efficiency in coverage area per flight. Furthermore, this new command is capable of enhancing functionality of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) without any additional hardware, therefore its adoption should be straightforward.

scholarly journals MANUFACTURING HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE DESIGN USING PLANT MODELS

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (16) ◽  
pp. 212-217
Author(s):  
B. Rohee ◽  
B. Riera ◽  
V. Carre-Menetrier
Keyword(s):  
Interface Design ◽  
Human Machine Interface ◽  
Machine Interface

scholarly journals Development of a Flexible and Expandable UTM Simulator Based on Open Sources and Platforms

Aerospace ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Sugjoon Yoon ◽  
Dongcho Shin ◽  
Younghoon Choi ◽  
Kyungtae Park
Keyword(s):  
Operating System ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Ground Control ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Systems ◽  
Present Design ◽  
Independent Process ◽  
Design Requirements ◽  
Aerial Systems

In order to study air traffic control of UAS’s (Unmanned Aerial Systems) in very low altitudes, the UTM (UAS Traffic Management) simulator has to be as flexible and expandable as other research simulators because relevant technologies and regulations are not matured enough at this stage. Available approaches using open sources and platforms are investigated to be used in the UTM simulator. The fundamental rationale for selection is availability of necessary resources to build a UTM simulator. Integration efforts to build a UTM simulator are elaborated, using Ardupilot, MavProxi, Cesium, and VWorld, which are selected from the thorough field study. Design requirements of a UTM simulator are determined by analyzing UTM services defined by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and Eurocontrol. The UTM simulator, named eUTM, is composed of three components: UOS (UTM Operating System), UTM, and multiple GCSs (Ground Control Stations). GCSs are responsible for generation of flight paths of various UASs. UTM component copies functions of a real UTM such as monitoring and controlling air spaces. UOS provides simulation of environment such as weather, and controls the whole UTM simulator system. UOS also generates operation scenarios of UTM, and resides on the same UTM computer as an independent process. Two GCS simulators are connected to the UTM simulator in the present configuration, but the UTM simulator can be expanded to include up to 10 GCS simulators in the present design. In order to demonstrate the flexibility and expandability of eUTM simulator, several operation scenarios are realized and typical deconfliction scenarios among them are tested with a deconfliction algorithm. During the study, some limits are identified with applied open sources and platforms, which have to be resolved in order to obtain a flexible and expandable UTM simulator supporting relevant studies. Most of them are related to interfacing individual sources and platforms which use different program languages and communication drivers.

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