Above & Beyond
A Scoping Review of Domains and Applications for Human-Drone Interaction
Venue
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2022)
Authors
Viviane Herdel
Lee J. Yamin
Jessica R. Cauchard
Magic Lab, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Be'er Sheva, Israel
Abstract
Interacting with flying objects has fueled people's imagination throughout history. Over the past decade, the Human-Drone Interaction (HDI) community has been working towards making this dream a reality. Despite notable findings, we lack a high-level perspective on the current and future use cases for interacting with drones. We present a holistic view of domains and applications of use that are described, studied, and envisioned in the HDI body of work. To map the extent and nature of the prior research, we performed a scoping review (N=217). We identified 16 domains and over 100 applications where drones and people interact together. We then describe in depth the main domains and applications reported in the literature and further present under-explored use cases with great potential. We conclude with fundamental challenges and opportunities for future research in the field. This work contributes a systematic step towards increased replicability and generalizability of HDI research.
Methodology
Since we were interested in identifying, mapping, and reporting all potential HDI domains and applications, we chose to perform a Scoping Review (N=217). This review was performed in the umbrella fields of HDI, namely Computer Science and Engineering.
Key Results
We identified 16 domains and over 100 applications for HDI, which we narrowed down to 33 application groups. We further describe 7 drone metaphors as a starting point for future research across domains. We finally conclude with fundamental challenges and research opportunities.
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Contribution in a nutshell:
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A holistic view of domains and applications that are described, studied and envisioned in the HDI literature
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A quantification of the domains and applications approached by the HDI community
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The identification of 5 research challenges for the HDI community