Wisp: Drones as Companions for Breathing
Paper in proceeding, 2023

The spectrum of applications for social drones is broadening as they become an increasingly accessible technology. In order to expand on the immensely rich but poorly researched field of Human-Drone Interaction (HDI), we present a minimal, explorative, and anti-solutionist design. We describe the first steps of a Research through Design (RtD) project focused on the concept-driven exploration of an unlikely pairing: drones and breathing. We present Wisp, a micro-drone probe controlled by a user’s breath. Informed by experts on breathing, drawing inspiration from soma design, Wisp is described as platform for the development of defamiliarising views towards intimate somatic interactions between humans and drones. In this paper we describe the initial studies in a RtD development process, including expert interviews, prototyping, and informal evaluations. We contribute to the field of HDI with a design composite framework combining soma design and slow technology for exploratory somatic slow interactions between humans and drones.

Author

Mafalda Samuelsson-Gamboa

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction Design and Software Engineering

Mehmet Aydin Baytas

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction Design and Software Engineering

Sjoerd Hendriks

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction Design and Software Engineering

Sara Ljungblad

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction Design and Software Engineering

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

1-16
978-1-4503-9977-7 (ISBN)

TEI '23: Seventeenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
Warsaw, Poland,

The Rise of Social Drones: A Constructive Research Agenda

Marianne och Marcus Wallenberg Foundation (M&MWallenbergsStiftelse), 2020-01-01 -- 2023-12-31.

Subject Categories

Interaction Technologies

Human Aspects of ICT

Human Computer Interaction

DOI

10.1145/3569009.3572740

ISBN

9781450399777

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4/18/2023