Study shows distractions may alleviate boredom and improve drone operators' performance
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 06:30
in Physics & Chemistry
On its surface, operating a military drone looks a lot like playing a video game: Operators sit at workstations, manipulating joysticks to remotely adjust a drone's pitch and elevation, while grainy images from the vehicle's camera project onto a computer screen. An operator can issue a command to fire if an image reveals a hostile target, but such adrenaline-charged moments are few and far between.