@article{ref1,
title="The effect of human-robot interaction on trust, situational awareness, and performance in drone clearing operations",
journal="International journal of human factors and ergonomics",
year="2019",
author="Schnieders, Thomas M. and Wang, Zhonglun and Stone, Richard T. and Backous, Gary and Klein, Erik Danford",
volume="6",
number="2",
pages="e103-e103",
abstract="With advances in microcomputers, microprocessors, and battery form factor, small drones are seeing a growing trend of deployment. Building clearing operations, especially in active shooter scenarios, can be high risk when officers need to clear a building on their own. This study analysed the use of a small drone in a building clearing operation with a County Sheriff's Department to help mitigate the danger of single officer clearing operations. Aspects of trust (human-robotic trust survey), situational awareness (SART), mental demand (NASA-TLX), and performance (completion time and target miss rate) were measured. Fourteen officers, age 22-63 with an average of 5.4 years law enforcement experience and three years of building sweeping experience participated in the study. The results of the study indicate that the use of a single drone during clearing operation can slow down the operation, but accuracy and safety of clearing is enhanced. The use of the drone saw non-significant changes in mental workload other than temporal demand, increased situational awareness, a decrease in the number of targets missed, and a moderate level of trust.   Keywords: drone; unmanned aerial vehicles; clearing operations; levels of trust; situational awareness; mental demand; human-robotic interaction.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2045-7804",
doi="10.1504/IJHFE.2019.102294",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJHFE.2019.102294"
}