Paper Info
Title
A Basic Framework Of Virtual Reality Simulator For Advancing Disaster Response Work Using Teleoperated Work Machines
Abstract
A virtual reality (VR) simulator is developed to aid in advancing teleoperated construction machines for disaster response work. VR simulators, which can measure arbitrary data, allow the operator to reproduce desired situations repeatedly, and change the machine and environmental configurations more easily than is possible in real environments, can create teleoperation technologies and quantitatively evaluate them, and can improve operational skills in complex disaster response works. As basic components of a VR simulator, a VR environment, operation-input, and videooutput components are developed. The VR environment is built using a basic graphics library and dynamics engine for simplification. The operation-input component consists of control levers for a demolition machine that has a grapple and environmental cameras with yaw, pitch, and zoom functions. The videooutput component consists of a two-dimensional monitor that can display an in-vehicle camera view, multiple environmental camera views, and the machine status. Experiments conducted show that operators can adequately transport debris in the VR environment while watching views on the monitor from the in-vehicle and environmental cameras. The experiments also reveal the characteristics that reduce the machine's time efficiency.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.20965/jrm.2014.p0486
JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS AND MECHATRONICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
construction machinery, teleoperation, virtual reality simulator, disaster response work
Teleoperation,Virtual reality simulator,Human–computer interaction,Engineering
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
26
4
0915-3942
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mitsuhiro Kamezaki12820.34
Junjie Yang211.83
Hiroyasu Iwata321948.86
Shigeki Sugano4689161.38