A framework for developing collaborative training environments for assembling

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Abstract

State-of-the-Art 3D video games can provide their users with a near-real experience from visual, audio and interactivity perspectives. Numerous efforts have been made to take advantage of these favorable characteristics for educational purposes. The majority of these projects have focused either on the reconstruction of certain scenarios, such as fire emergency response training, driver or pilot training, medical training, and military tactics training, etc., or on the realistic simulation of real environments, such as virtual museum tours and virtual architectural tours. However, only recently have attempts been made to develop virtual engineering training environments since those require the assembly of different types of individual components into potentially complex systems and involve interactions between multiple participants and models of physical devices. In this article, a framework for developing collaborative environments for mechanical assembly training based on a commercial computer game engine will be introduced. Such environments not only maintain the feel of immersion of a 3D game, but they also emphasize realistic physical device management and control. In this context, the trainees are enabled to manage a large variety of mechanical components, assemble them according to engineering requirements or potentially disassemble them. Also, the instructors can monitor the entire assembly process and automatically collect performance statistics. Therefore, such environments have the potential to become valuable workforce development tools that enable their users to acquire practical skills for assembling a variety of electro-mechanical systems for the purpose of manufacturing, maintenance and repair.

Original languageEnglish
StatePublished - 2013
Event120th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition - Atlanta, GA, United States
Duration: 23 Jun 201326 Jun 2013

Conference

Conference120th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta, GA
Period23/06/1326/06/13

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