2018
Ramirez-Atencia, Cristian; Camacho, David
Extending QGroundControl for automated mission planning of UAVs Journal Article
In: Sensors, vol. 18, no. 7, pp. 2339, 2018, ISSN: 1424-8220.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Computer-based Simulation, Human-Machine Interaction, Planning, Unmanned Aircraft Systems
@article{ramirez2018extending,
title = {Extending QGroundControl for automated mission planning of UAVs},
author = {Cristian Ramirez-Atencia and David Camacho},
url = {https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/7/2339},
doi = {10.3390/s18072339},
issn = {1424-8220},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-07-18},
journal = {Sensors},
volume = {18},
number = {7},
pages = {2339},
publisher = {MDPI},
abstract = {Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAVs) have become very popular in the last decade due to some advantages such as strong terrain adaptation, low cost, zero casualties, and so on. One of the most interesting advances in this field is the automation of mission planning (task allocation) and real-time replanning, which are highly useful to increase the autonomy of the vehicle and reduce the operator workload. These automated mission planning and replanning systems require a Human Computer Interface (HCI) that facilitates the visualization and selection of plans that will be executed by the vehicles. In addition, most missions should be assessed before their real-life execution. This paper extends QGroundControl, an open-source simulation environment for flight control of multiple vehicles, by adding a mission designer that permits the operator to build complex missions with tasks and other scenario items; an interface for automated mission planning and replanning, which works as a test bed for different algorithms, and a Decision Support System (DSS) that helps the operator in the selection of the plan. In this work, a complete guide of these systems and some practical use cases are provided.},
keywords = {Computer-based Simulation, Human-Machine Interaction, Planning, Unmanned Aircraft Systems},
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2015
Rodríguez-Fernández, Víctor; Gonzalez-Pardo, Antonio; Camacho, David
Modeling the Behavior of Unskilled Users in a Multi-UAV Simulation Environment Book Section
In: Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning--IDEAL 2015, pp. 441–448, Springer International Publishing, 2015.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Behavioral Patterns, Hidden Markov Model, Human-Machine Interaction, Unmanned Aircraft Systems
@incollection{rodriguez2015modeling,
title = {Modeling the Behavior of Unskilled Users in a Multi-UAV Simulation Environment},
author = {Víctor Rodríguez-Fernández and Antonio Gonzalez-Pardo and David Camacho},
url = {https://aida.etsisi.upm.es/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/rodriguez2015modeling.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-10-14},
booktitle = {Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning--IDEAL 2015},
pages = {441--448},
publisher = {Springer International Publishing},
abstract = {The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has been growing over the last few years. The accelerated evolution of these systems is generating a high demand of qualified operators, which requires to redesign the training process and focus on a wider range of candidates, including inexperienced users in the field, in order to detect skilled-potential operators. This paper uses data from the interactions of multiple unskilled users in a simple multi-UAV simulator to create a behavioral model through the use of Hidden Markov Models (HMMs). An optimal HMM is validated and analyzed to extract common behavioral patterns among these users, so that it is proven that the model represents correctly the novelty of the users and may be used to detect and predict behaviors in multi-UAV systems.},
keywords = {Behavioral Patterns, Hidden Markov Model, Human-Machine Interaction, Unmanned Aircraft Systems},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {incollection}
}
Rodriguez-Fernandez, Victor; Menendez, Hector D; Camacho, David
Design and development of a lightweight multi-UAV simulator Proceedings Article
In: Cybernetics (CYBCONF), 2015 IEEE 2nd International Conference on, pp. 255–260, IEEE 2015.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Computer-based Simulation, Human-Machine Interaction, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Web Services
@inproceedings{rodriguez2015design,
title = {Design and development of a lightweight multi-UAV simulator},
author = {Victor Rodriguez-Fernandez and Hector D Menendez and David Camacho},
url = {https://aida.etsisi.upm.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cybconf2015.pdf},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
booktitle = {Cybernetics (CYBCONF), 2015 IEEE 2nd International Conference on},
pages = {255--260},
organization = {IEEE},
abstract = {UAVs have become enormously popular over the last few years. These new systems could make a remarkable improvement in public safety and have many applications in a variety of fields such as agriculture or postage of packages. In order to test UAV capacities and train UAV mission operators, several simulators are used, and the use of them usually entails high costs.
This work presents a low-cost and easily distributable simulator, focused on simulating missions carried out by multiple UAVs and extracting data from them. To evaluate its effectiveness, it has been subjected to stress testing with thousands of virtual users, proving to have a potentially competitive response.},
keywords = {Computer-based Simulation, Human-Machine Interaction, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Web Services},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
This work presents a low-cost and easily distributable simulator, focused on simulating missions carried out by multiple UAVs and extracting data from them. To evaluate its effectiveness, it has been subjected to stress testing with thousands of virtual users, proving to have a potentially competitive response.
Rodríguez-Fernández, Víctor; Menéndez, Héctor D; Camacho, David
User Profile Analysis for UAV Operators in a Simulation Environment Proceedings Article
In: Computational Collective Intelligence - 7th International Conference, ICCCI 2015, Madrid, Spain, September 21-23, 2015. Proceedings, Part I, pp. 338–347, 2015.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Behavioral Patterns, Clustering, Computer-based Simulation, Human-Machine Interaction, Performance Metrics, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Videogames
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/iccci/Rodriguez-Fernandez15,
title = {User Profile Analysis for UAV Operators in a Simulation Environment},
author = {Víctor Rodríguez-Fernández and Héctor D Menéndez and David Camacho},
url = {https://aida.etsisi.upm.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/iccci2015.pdfhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24069-5_32},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
booktitle = {Computational Collective Intelligence - 7th International Conference, ICCCI 2015, Madrid, Spain, September 21-23, 2015. Proceedings, Part I},
pages = {338--347},
crossref = {DBLP:conf/iccci/2015-1},
abstract = {Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have been a growing field of study over the last few years. The use of unmanned systems require a strong human supervision of one or many human operators, responsible for monitoring the mission status and avoiding possible incidents that might alter the execution and success of the operation. The accelerated evolution of these systems is generating a high demand of qualified operators, which requires to redesign the training process to deal with it. This work aims to present an evaluation methodology for inexperienced users. A multi-UAV simulation environment is used to carry out an experiment focused on the extraction of performance profiles, which can be used to evaluate the behavior and learning process of the users. A set of performance metrics is designed to define the profile of a user, and those profiles are discriminated using clustering algorithms. The results are analyzed to extract behavioral patterns that distinguish the users in the experiment, allowing the identification and selection of potential expert operators.},
keywords = {Behavioral Patterns, Clustering, Computer-based Simulation, Human-Machine Interaction, Performance Metrics, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Videogames},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}