Research Article

Collaborative Exploration with a Micro Aerial Vehicle: A Novel Interaction Method for Controlling a MAV with a Hand-Held Device

Table 3

Descriptive statistics of nudge control commands performed by participants during the scored task.

𝑁 Mean Median Mode Std. dev. Min. Max.

Num. X commands 13 23.92 15 2 30.56 2 119
Num. Y commands 13 15.53 5 0 27.11 0 97
Num. Z commands 13 10.15 7 5 13.37 3 54
Num. Yaw commands 13 18.62 16 8 10.60 8 44
Mean distance of a participant's X commands (m) 13 0.138 0.141 0.090 0.023 0.090 0.170
Mean distance of a participant's Y commands (m) 13 0.061 0.076 0.000 0.035 0.130 0.110
Mean distance of a participant's Z commands (m) 13 0.227 0.239 0.130 0.055 0.130 0.300
Mean distance of a participant's Yaw commands (rad) 13 3.340 3.570 1.310 0.985 1.310 4.370
Std. dev. of distance of a participant's X commands (m) 13 0.047 0.053 0.010 0.021 0.010 0.090
Std. dev. of distance of a participant's Y commands (m) 13 0.035 0.037 0.000 0.028 0.000 0.090
Std. dev. of distance of a participant's Z Commands (m) 13 0.086 0.750 0.040 0.032 0.040 0.160
Std. dev. of distance of a participant's Yaw commands (rad) 13 2.393 2.412 1.920 0.297 1.920 2.780