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FleetScape: A Mixed Reality Sandtable for Spatial Supervision and Control of Scalable Drone Fleets
July 29, 2026 ยท Grace Period ยท ๐ UIST 2026
Authors
Peisen Xu, Jรฉrรฉmie Garcia, Peter Cleveland, Ooi Wei Tsang, Christophe Jouffrais
arXiv ID
2607.26423
Category
cs.HC: Human-Computer Interaction
Cross-listed
cs.RO
Citations
0
Venue
UIST 2026
Abstract
As autonomous drone deployments scale from individual units to coordinated swarms, the human operator's role shifts from direct piloting to high-level supervision. Current interfaces often treat multi-drone control as a scaled-up version of single-drone operation. We instead investigate how reframing fleet supervision as spatial interaction can better support the spatial, temporal, and safety demands of complex missions. We present FleetScape, a Mixed Reality (MR) sandtable system that externalizes layered real-time mission, safety, and environmental data while enabling fluid transitions between manual intervention and autonomous supervision. We developed a high-fidelity building inspection simulation that generates and streams synchronized multi-drone and environmental data for MR visualizations. We used this prototype to conduct a user study with six experienced drone pilots managing fleets of up to 15 drones. Our findings show that FleetScape supports situational awareness through layered spatial representations and clarifies control mode transitions. However, a limit to situational awareness was observed as fleet size increases, leading to different supervisory strategies. Finally, we derive design implications for supporting scalable drone fleet supervision.
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