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Description:Safety challenges of UAV integration
Idris Jeelani and Masoud Gheisari. CPWR Small Study, 2022.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly being used on construction sites. Previous research has focused on the benefits they can offer, with little study of their potential adverse effects on the health and safety of workers. This Small Study begins to fill this gap, focusing on UAVs’ effects on those who work at heights. UAVs can cause distraction, increasing the likelihood of falls, which lead to one-third of all construction fatalities. In this research, a virtual construction site was developed to simulate different high-risk scenarios, involving 153 participants with varying construction experience. The researchers used wearable sensors and self-reported questionnaires to evaluate how UAVs affected workers’ attentional and psychophysiological states. There were two experiments in this study: the first aimed to indicate how UAVs presence impacted workers’ attention and physiological response, while the second examined how the distance between UAVs and workers impacted their attention, physiological response, and their attitude towards UAVs.
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