4 papers
From Ad Hoc Pilots to Repeatable Patterns: Structuring Drone Collaboration in Emergency Services with DroneLets
Dzmitry Katsiuba, Samuel Brander, Mateusz Dolata +1
Drones hold promise for supporting emergency services, but their integration into workflows remains ad hoc and coordination-intensive. This paper addresses two research questions:…
Accountability in Autonomous Drone-Based Firefighting: Insights From a Field Trial
Dzmitry Katsiuba, Anna Katharina Boos, Robin Hany +2
There is a growing research field exploring how autonomous drones can enhance emergency response effectiveness. Integrating these (artificial) agents into existing emergency teams…
Learning with Digital Agents: An Analysis based on the Activity Theory
Mateusz Dolata, Dzmitry Katsiuba, Natalie Wellnhammer +1
Digital agents are considered a general-purpose technology. They spread quickly in private and organizational contexts, including education. Yet, research lacks a conceptual framin…
Firefighters' Perceptions on Collaboration and Interaction with Autonomous Drones: Results of a Field Trial
Moyi Li, Dzmitry Katsiuba, Mateusz Dolata +1
Applications of drones in emergency response, like firefighting, have been promoted in the past decade. As the autonomy of drones continues to improve, the ways in which they are i…