Unmanned Aerial System Quality Evaluation Based on Ergodesign Analysis

Nowadays unmanned aerial vehicles play an important role in different sectors of economics. Normative documents of Unmanned Aircraft Traffic Management and Urban Air Mobility create a legislative base for widespread of UAV services. Unmanned aerial vehicle is a part of unmanned aerial systems which support mission planning and realization. Operator of unmanned aerial vehicle is an important component of unmanned aerial systems. In the paper, the questions of unmanned aerial systems quality evaluation are considered based on ergoDesign analysis of the system. Quality evaluation is performed by integral criteria with taking into account technical characteristics of the system and results of expert judgments. Weighted approach has been used to normalize scales of different factors. Quality evaluation considers each unmanned aerial systems component of the ergonomic design separately with further overall system analysis. Proposed quality evaluation process will be useful at the design stage of unmanned aerial systems for improving operational comfort for operator and maintains personnel. Also, its implementation will reduce the time of correct reaction at unplanned disturbances during unmanned aerial vehicle operation.