Workstation design improvements for drone operators may reduce costs, mishaps, researchers suggest
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
The U.S. Department of Defense reports that drone accidents in which personnel or aircraft are damaged or destroyed occur 50 times more often than mishaps involving human-operated aircraft. The U.S. Marines and Army reported 43 mishaps that involved human factors issues associated with drone ground control workstations and technology during 2006−2007.