Capability caution in UAV design

Cawthorne, Dylan; Devos, Arne

doi:10.1109/icuas48674.2020.9214008

Cited by 8 publications

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“…Equipping UAVs with the latest and greatest technology will prove to be a fruitless exercise if potential drone users do not decide to use them. There are doubts in society about the use of drones, so it is important to follow ethical principles when designing drones [ 284 ]. User preferences regarding the design and possibilities of using drones were surveyed, and people indicated that drone technology could be used in many outdoor, military, or special missions [ 285 ].…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risks of Drone Use in Light of Literature Studies

Tubis,

Poturaj,

Dereń

et al. 2024

Sensors

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This article aims to present the results of a bibliometric analysis of relevant literature and discuss the main research streams related to the topic of risks in drone applications. The methodology of the conducted research consisted of five procedural steps, including the planning of the research, conducting a systematic review of the literature, proposing a classification framework corresponding to contemporary research trends related to the risk of drone applications, and compiling the characteristics of the publications assigned to each of the highlighted thematic groups. This systematic literature review used the PRISMA method. A total of 257 documents comprising articles and conference proceedings were analysed. On this basis, eight thematic categories related to the use of drones and the risks associated with their operation were distinguished. Due to the high content within two of these categories, a further division into subcategories was proposed to illustrate the research topics better. The conducted investigation made it possible to identify the current research trends related to the risk of drone use and pointed out the existing research gaps, both in the area of risk assessment methodology and in its application areas. The results obtained from the analysis can provide interesting material for both industry and academia.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risks of Drone Use in Light of Literature Studies

Tubis,

Poturaj,

Dereń

et al. 2024

Sensors

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“…Each craftsperson would be responsible for the construction of a drone from start to finish increasing flexibility in work tasks, knowledge, and sense of pride and ownership in the finished product [17]. High levels of customization would lead to products that meet the user's needs without excess capabilities, making the drones more difficult to misuse and supporting capability caution [18]. Custom drones built using a high level of handcraft and natural materials would be unique due to differing requirements, variations in the wood, and the skill of the craftsperson.…”

Section: E Manufacturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring high-performance wooden drone structures through speculative design

Cawthorne

Iversen

2021

2021 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)

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Although we aspire to make decisions based on logic and systematic analysis, it has been argued that engineers' technical decisions can be influenced by their ideologies about progress and the future -including the material selection process. In this work, we address this potential influence through a holistic and exploratory speculative design process, asking "what are some implications of the use of wood in high-performance drone structures, and what will a highperformance wooden drone structure look like?" A wooden prototype search and rescue drone, developed for use in Denmark, is built, tested and analyzed through quantitative and qualitative means as part of the exploration process. We find that wood offers unique features including lower toxicity during manufacturing and increased environmental sustainability. In addition, when properly designed a wooden drone structure has a significantly higher stiffness to weight ratio (8.8*10 6 ) compared to a typical non-optimized carbon fiber and epoxy composite plate (7.6*10 4 ) or tube (1.1*10 6 ). Historical examples are utilized which suggest that actual material performance may be less important than the ideologies of progress surrounding the material, and hence that engineers may not always make decisions based purely on performance. Thus, here speculative design is used not only as a way to explore the material "path less traveled", but also as an approach to examine the legitimacy of wood as a structural drone material -and more broadly, to discuss the role ideologies play in modern engineering practice.

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“…In other words, increasing safety in the operation. In general within engineering, safety is a well considered value, but security, and investing time in designing with capability cautiousness [44] can be easily overlooked. As introduced in section VI-D, over-trust in a non-secured technology could lead to creating a platform with the critical potential of mis-use.…”

Section: B Valuementioning

confidence: 99%