Evaluation experiment of drone teleoperability based on the first-person viewpoint using an 360-degree fullsphere camera image

Abstract

In recent years, drones are expected to play an active role in various fields due to their high degree of freedom in operation. However, drones are basically operated mainly by humans, and a certain amount of training is required to become proficient in their operation. In this research, we conducted an experiment to compare the teleoperability of the drone from the viewpoint of a third-person who normally operates the drone and from the viewpoint of a first-person who actually rides on the drone in order to investigate which viewpoint is better for a human to operate the drone. In this experiment, the comparative evaluation experiments of teleoperability by asking subjects to actually operate the drone from three different viewpoints: the third-person viewpoint in a standing posture during operation, the first-person viewpoint with only a front view, and the first-person viewpoint with an omnidirectional view, were executed.