TY - JOUR
T1 - Feedback support system for training of excavator operators
AU - Vahdatikhaki, Faridaddin
AU - Langroodi, Armin Kassemi
AU - Scholtenhuis, Leon olde
AU - Dorée, André
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to express their gratitude to the management, instructors, and trainees at SOMA college, the Netherlands, who provided invaluable material/intellectual support during this research. Special thanks to Mr. Richard Kleinjan, Ms. Andrea Wullink, Mr. Daniel. Stronks, and Mr. Frank Kerkmeijer. Also, Xsens company needs to be acknowledged for their generous contribution of IMUs used in this research.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - On-equipment and practical sessions are indispensable part of construction equipment training. Currently, however, instructors receive very little to no technological support during these practical sessions, where they have to observe and provide feedback to multiple trainees concurrently. Therefore, the objective of this research is to develop a virtual Feedback Support System that can support instructors/trainees in providing/receiving feedback. This system captures the performance of trainees, translates it into a virtual model, and automatically identifies points of attention for the instructors. Instructors and trainees can use this system to communicate in a more unambiguous and objective manner. A working prototype is developed and tested in a case study at a construction training school. The usability validation session with the end-users showed that the developed system has the potential to support both trainees and instructors during the practical on-equipment sessions.
AB - On-equipment and practical sessions are indispensable part of construction equipment training. Currently, however, instructors receive very little to no technological support during these practical sessions, where they have to observe and provide feedback to multiple trainees concurrently. Therefore, the objective of this research is to develop a virtual Feedback Support System that can support instructors/trainees in providing/receiving feedback. This system captures the performance of trainees, translates it into a virtual model, and automatically identifies points of attention for the instructors. Instructors and trainees can use this system to communicate in a more unambiguous and objective manner. A working prototype is developed and tested in a case study at a construction training school. The usability validation session with the end-users showed that the developed system has the potential to support both trainees and instructors during the practical on-equipment sessions.
KW - Construction training
KW - Excavator
KW - Feedback support system
KW - Practical sessions
KW - Virtual reality
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125493082&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104188
DO - 10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104188
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85125493082
SN - 0926-5805
VL - 136
JO - Automation in construction
JF - Automation in construction
M1 - 104188
ER -
