Kim, Dongbin (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), Oh, Paul (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

Toward Avatar-Drone: A Human-Embodied Drone for Aerial Manipulation

Scheduled for presentation during the Regular Session "UAS Applications I" (ThA4), Thursday, June 17, 2021, 11:50−12:10, Naoussa

2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), June 15-18, 2021, Athens, Greece

This information is tentative and subject to change. Compiled on April 25, 2024

Abstract

This paper presents Avatar-Drone to advance aerial manipulation. The mobile-manipulating drone is a haptics-based human-in-the-loop platform. This is married to an immersive framework based on Unity and virtual (VR) and augmented (AR) reality. The net effect provides the operator a sense of presence and see, hear, and feel what the drone is doing in the work environment. Two scenarios involving package delivery illustrate efficacy of this marriage.