UAV Piloting, Training, Cooperation, and Interaction

Dear Colleagues,

The expansion of capabilities and applications of use of UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs), and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPASs) across numerous domains has led to new challenges and opportunities to guide and improve operations. One distinct challenge is in human-machine interaction and pilot training, wherein performance with respect to efficiency, safety, and capability, is essential. Specialized systems have gained multiple new sensor technologies, AI augmented sub-systems, and countless new system designs, for example. At the same time, these novel developments have been deployed or planned across many new domains, as well as challenging locations. In each case, the pilot(s) are forced to adapt to new requirements and purposes. While we as humans remain much as before, new training, and operational guidelines have the ability to revise the ways in which we can learn, train and behave in coordination with these technologies.

The aim of this Special Issue is to aggregate original research, or review papers that provide insights about how to improve human machine systems involving one or more of the above unmanned platforms. Manuscripts may be focussed on design, applications, or operations, broadly, but should centrally contribute to knowledge regarding human performance or human-machine system behaviour.

This Special Issue especially welcomes manuscripts that links, but is not limited to the following themes and related topics:

• Human-Robot Interaction and Performance
• UAV Pilot Training
• Human-Drone cooperation
• Review Articles UAV piloting behavior.
• Biometric studies of UAV piloting
• Other Human-machine studies of unmanned aerial systems

Proposed titles and abstracts (250 words) can be submitted to the guest editors, at dnembhard@g.hmc.edu for possible feedback, if prospective authors seek some early feedback prior preparing their manuscript.

We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.

Prof. Dr. David Nembhard
Dr. Runwen Qin
Guest Editors

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