STOP! Enhancing Drone Gesture Interaction with Force Feedback

Max Pfeiffer (1) , Samuel Navas Medrano (1) , Jonas Auda (2) , Stefan Schneegass (2)

1 WWU - Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster = University of Münster
2 Universitat Duisberg-Essen

Gesture interaction is a common way to control drones. Often it is done by mid-air gestures i.e. the operator does not need to hold any controller. Hence, such interaction is lacking force feedback while the other senses are overloaded by the noise of the drone or occupied by following the behavior of the drone. Therefore, we present an approach in which we use electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) to provide force feedback for controlling drones. We build on existing gesture sets and discuss different feedback options for operating drones.

Mots clés: Drone; Gesture Interaction; Force Feedback; Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS)

Domaines: Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Max Pfeiffer, Samuel Navas Medrano, Jonas Auda, Stefan Schneegass. STOP! Enhancing Drone Gesture Interaction with Force Feedback. 1st International Workshop on Human-Drone Interaction, Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile [ENAC], May 2019, Glasgow, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-02128395⟩