Publication Type : Conference Paper
Thematic Areas : Humanitarian-Robotics-HCI
Publisher : IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE
Source : Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE, 2013.
Keywords : Amrita Progressive Training Assistance using Haptic simulation, APTAH, audio cues, computer based training, computerised instrumentation, construction industry, Educational technology, End effectors, force, Force feedback, haptic cues, haptic interfaces, haptic simulator design, haptic simulator evaluation, Human computer interaction, human factors, human trainer, India, industrial training, Interactive systems, Knowledge acquisition, Materials, multitool haptic trainer design, Sawing, social impact phenomenal, Teaching, Training, unskilled-impoverished population, visual cues, vocational skill assessment, vocational skill teaching, vocational skill training, Vocational training
Campus : Amritapuri
School : Center for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment, Department of Social Work
Center : Ammachi labs, Center for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment
Department : Social Work
Verified : Yes
Year : 2013
Abstract : While mainstream haptics has been focusing on training elite skills, the haptic simulator described in this paper addresses a problem with a phenomenal social impact that addresses teaching of vocational skills to the growing unskilled and impoverished populations in India. This is an unconventional attempt at designing a multi-tool haptic trainer that could potentially replace traditional training tools and materials in the primary stages of vocational skill training. After an exhaustive analysis of all the tools used in the various vocational trades of the construction industry, we categorized and sorted the tools based on their properties and functions. Using this information, we designed Amrita Progressive Training Assistance using Haptic simulation (APTAH), a cost effective haptic simulator that can train the use of over nineteen hand-held and powered tools used in several vocations. The simulator provides audio, visual and haptic cues that can help the novice master the use of the tools in the absence of a human trainer. This paper also discusses the preliminary trials conducted to study training effectiveness of the haptic simulator proposed.
Cite this Research Publication : N. Akshay, Deepu, S., Rahul, E. S., Ranjith, R., Jose, J., Unnikrishnan, R., and Rao R. Bhavani, “Design and evaluation of a Haptic simulator for vocational skill Training and Assessment”, in Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE, 2013.
