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| Type | Conference or Workshop Paper |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Published in Proceedings | Yes |
| Title | Firefighters' Perceptions on Collaboration and Interaction with Autonomous Drones: Results of a Field Trial |
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| Presentation Type | paper |
| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | No |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| ISBN | 979-8-4007-0330-0 |
| Page Range | 265 |
| Event Title | CHI '24: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
| Event Type | conference |
| Event Location | Honolulu, USA |
| Event Start Date | May 11 - 2024 |
| Event End Date | May 16 - 2024 |
| Series Name | Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
| Number | 265 |
| Publisher | ACM Digital library |
| Abstract Text | Applications of drones in emergency response, like firefighting, have been promoted in the past decade. As the autonomy of drones continues to improve, the ways in which they are integrated into firefighting teams and their impact on crews are changing. This demands more understanding of how firefighters perceive and interact with autonomous drones. This paper presents a drone-based system for emergency operations with which firefighters can interact through sound, lights, and a graphical user interface. We use interviews with stakeholders collected in two field trials to explore their perceptions of the interaction and collaboration with drones. Our result shows that firefighters perceived visual interaction as adequate. However, for audio instructions and interfaces, information overload emerges as an essential problem. The potential impact of drones on current work configurations may involve shifting the position of humans closer to supervisory decision-makers and changing the training structure and content. |
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| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1145/3613904.3642061 |
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| Keywords | Firefighting, Autonomous drone, Emergency intervention, Field trial |