Effectiveness of VR-based training on improving construction workers’ knowledge, skills, and safety behavior in robotic teleoperation

• Autor: Adami, Pooya ; Rodrigues, Patrick B. ; Woods, Peter J. ; Becerik-Gerber, Burcin ; Soibelman, Lucio ; Copur-Gencturk, Yasemin ; Lucas, Gale
• Assuntos: Construction robotics ; Human-robot interaction ; Knowledge acquisition ; Operational skills ; Safety behavior ; VR-based training
• É parte de: Advanced engineering informatics, 2021-10, Vol.50, p.101431, Article 101431
• Descrição: The emergence of construction robotics and automation has produced an urgent and vast need for construction workers to reskill and upskill for the future of work. Virtual Reality (VR)-based training has been considered and investigated as a safe and cost-effective training method that allows workers to be exposed to hazardous tasks with negligible actual safety risks in comparison to existing training methods (hands-on, lecture-based, apprenticeship training). This paper aims to investigate the impact of VR-based training on construction workers’ knowledge acquisition, operational skills, and safety behavior during robotic teleoperation compared to the traditional in-person training method. Fifty construction workers were randomly assigned to complete either VR-based or in-person training for operating a demolition robot. We used quantitative and qualitative data analyses to answer our research questions. Our results indicate that VR-based training was associated with a significant increase in knowledge, operational skills, and safety behavior compared to in-person training. Our findings suggest that VR-based training not only provides a viable and effective option for future training programs but a valuable option for construction robotics safety and skill training.
  
• Editor: Elsevier Ltd
  
• Idioma: Inglês