Towards using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in wilderness search and rescue lessons from field trials

Interaction Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 453-478

  Goodrich, Michael A ^a   Morse, Bryan S ^a   Engh, Cameron ^b   Cooper, Joseph L ^c   Adams, Julie A ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c VU Station B #351824 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Field Robotics; Graphical User Interfaces; Human Factors; Human Robot Interaction; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; Wilderness Search and Rescue

Indexed keywords

EID: 72649096733     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.10.3.08goo     Document Type: Article

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