Reducing Drone Incidents by Incorporating Human Factors in the Drone and Drone Pilot Accreditation Process

Daniela Doroftei; Geert De Cubber; Hans De Smet

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51758-8_10

Reducing Drone Incidents by Incorporating Human Factors in the Drone and Drone Pilot Accreditation Process

Daniela Doroftei, Geert De Cubber, Hans De Smet

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Abstract

Considering the ever-increasing use of drones in a plentitude of application areas, the risk is that also an ever-increasing number of drone incidents would be observed. Research has shown that a large majority of all incidents with drones is due not to technological, but to human error. An advanced risk-reduction methodology, focusing on the human element, is thus required in order to allow for the safe use of drones. In this paper, we therefore introduce a novel concept to provide a qualitative and quantitative assessment of the performance of the drone operator. The proposed methodology is based on one hand upon the development of standardized test methodologies and on the other hand on human performance modeling of the drone operators in a highly realistic simulation environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Human Factors in Robots, Drones and Unmanned Systems - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conference on Human Factors in Robots, Drones and Unmanned Systems
Editors	Matteo Zallio
Place of Publication	San Diego, USA
Publisher	Springer
Pages	71-77
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9783030517571
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51758-8_10
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	AHFE Virtual Conference on Human Factors in Robots, Drones and Unmanned Systems, and the International Conference on Human Factors in Cybersecurity, 2020 - San Diego, United States Duration: 16 Jul 2020 → 20 Jul 2020

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	1210 AISC
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)	2194-5365

Conference

Conference	AHFE Virtual Conference on Human Factors in Robots, Drones and Unmanned Systems, and the International Conference on Human Factors in Cybersecurity, 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego
Period	16/07/20 → 20/07/20

Keywords

Drones
Human factors
Performance analysis

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Doroftei, D., De Cubber, G., & De Smet, H. (2021). Reducing Drone Incidents by Incorporating Human Factors in the Drone and Drone Pilot Accreditation Process. In M. Zallio (Ed.), Advances in Human Factors in Robots, Drones and Unmanned Systems - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conference on Human Factors in Robots, Drones and Unmanned Systems (pp. 71-77). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 1210 AISC). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51758-8_10

Doroftei, Daniela ; De Cubber, Geert ; De Smet, Hans. / Reducing Drone Incidents by Incorporating Human Factors in the Drone and Drone Pilot Accreditation Process. Advances in Human Factors in Robots, Drones and Unmanned Systems - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conference on Human Factors in Robots, Drones and Unmanned Systems. editor / Matteo Zallio. San Diego, USA : Springer, 2021. pp. 71-77 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Doroftei, D , De Cubber, G & De Smet, H 2021, Reducing Drone Incidents by Incorporating Human Factors in the Drone and Drone Pilot Accreditation Process. in M Zallio (ed.), Advances in Human Factors in Robots, Drones and Unmanned Systems - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conference on Human Factors in Robots, Drones and Unmanned Systems. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 1210 AISC, Springer, San Diego, USA, pp. 71-77, AHFE Virtual Conference on Human Factors in Robots, Drones and Unmanned Systems, and the International Conference on Human Factors in Cybersecurity, 2020, San Diego, United States, 16/07/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51758-8_10

Reducing Drone Incidents by Incorporating Human Factors in the Drone and Drone Pilot Accreditation Process. / Doroftei, Daniela ; De Cubber, Geert ; De Smet, Hans.
Advances in Human Factors in Robots, Drones and Unmanned Systems - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conference on Human Factors in Robots, Drones and Unmanned Systems. ed. / Matteo Zallio. San Diego, USA: Springer, 2021. p. 71-77 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 1210 AISC).

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Doroftei D , De Cubber G , De Smet H. Reducing Drone Incidents by Incorporating Human Factors in the Drone and Drone Pilot Accreditation Process. In Zallio M, editor, Advances in Human Factors in Robots, Drones and Unmanned Systems - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conference on Human Factors in Robots, Drones and Unmanned Systems. San Diego, USA: Springer. 2021. p. 71-77. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-51758-8_10

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