Multimodal Control of Lighter-Than-Air Agents

This work describes our approach to controlling lighter-than-air agents using multimodal control via a wearable device. Tactile and gesture interfaces on a smart watch are used to control the motion and altitude of these semi-autonomous agents. The tactile interface consists of the touch screen and rotatable bezel. The gesture interface detects when the user puts his/her hand in the stop position. The touch interface controls the direction of the agents, the rotatable bezel controls the altitude set-point, and the gesture interface stops the agents. Our interactive demonstration will allow users to control a lighter-than-air (LTA) system via the multimodal wearable interface as described above.