Designing human-drone interactions with the Paparazzi UAV System

This paper presents the Paparazzi Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAV) system and its use for designing novel interaction techniques for human-drone interactions. Paparazzi is a complete system of open source hardware and software for UAVs, including both the airborne autopilot as well as complete ground station mission planning and monitoring software utilizing a bi-directional data link for telemetry and control. We describe three examples of interactive systems built with Paparazzi to illustrate its capabilities to create new interactive UAV systems: augmented-reality glasses for safety pilots, adaptable interactions for pilots with disabilities and embedded interactions.