Increasing Acceptance of Haptic Feedback in UAV Teleoperations by Visualizing Force Fields

Haptic interfaces have been developed to assist human operators controlling unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) be- yond line-of-sight. These systems complement the predominantly camera-based visual interfaces and act like a collision-avoidance system: when nearing obstacles, the operator gets re-directed by the haptic force feedback. Previous...

Increasing Acceptance of Haptic Feedback on UAV Teleoperations by Visualizing Force Fields

In tele-operating an UAV human operators fully rely on cameras to control the vehicle from a distance. To increase operator situation awareness and reduce workload, a haptic feedback on the control stick has been developed which acts as an automatic collision avoidance system. A virtual force field surrounding the moving vehicle interacts with...