Flying robot manipulation system using a virtual plane

The flexible movements of flying robots make it difficult for novices to manipulate them precisely with controllers such as a joystick and a proportional radio system. Moreover, the mapping of instructions between a robot and its reactions is not necessarily intuitive for users. We propose manipulation methods for flying robots using augmented reality technologies. In the proposed system, a virtual plane is superimposed on a flying robot and users control the robot by manipulating the virtual plane and drawing a moving path on it. We present the design and implementation of our system and describe experiments conducted to evaluate our methods.