The Usability Evaluation of the ARDroneSim Application for Augmented Reality-Based Drone Flight Training Simulator

Abstract

Drone technology has grown rapidly in recent years, with a wide range of applications in various industries, including military, commercial and recreational sectors. There is a high demand for drone pilots in the industries and it is expected to grow more than 50 percent over the next five years. Nevertheless, the growth of domestic and commercial usage of drones has raised the issues of laws violation in terms of surrounding safety and privacy issues. Therefore, effective training is crucial for drone pilots to ensure safe and efficient operation.  Motivated by these issues, we have designed and developed an affordable simulated environment via augmented reality for drone flight training. We implemented the main key aspects of effective simulation-based learning in the development. A survey questionnaire was distributed to assess the usability of the application. The findings of the evaluation indicated that the application achieves the total SUS score of 72.12 and adjective ratings are good.