System to Evaluate the Skill of Operating Hydraulic Excavators Using a Remote Controlled Excavator and Virtual Reality
We developed a system to evaluate the skill of operating a hydraulic excavator. The system employs a remotely controlled (RC) excavator and virtual reality (VR) technology. We remodeled the RC excavator so that it can be operated in the same manner as a real excavator and proceeded to measure the ex...
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| author | Ryota Sekizuka Masaru Ito Seiji Saiki Yoichiro Yamazaki Yuichi Kurita |
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| description | We developed a system to evaluate the skill of operating a hydraulic excavator. The system employs a remotely controlled (RC) excavator and virtual reality (VR) technology. We remodeled the RC excavator so that it can be operated in the same manner as a real excavator and proceeded to measure the excavator's state. To evaluate the skill of operating this system, we calculated several indices from the data recorded during excavation work and compared the indices obtained for expert and non-expert operators. The results revealed that it is possible to distinguish whether an expert or non-expert is operating the RC excavator. We calculated the same indices from the data recorded during excavation with a real excavator and verified that there exists a high correlation between the indices of the RC excavator and those of the real excavator. Thus, we confirmed that the indices of the real excavator and those of the simulator exhibited similar trends. This suggests that it is possible to partly evaluate the operation characteristics of a real excavator by using an RC excavator with different dynamics compared with a real excavator. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-010077cbc9c64cfe9a3612195069dab52022-12-22T00:52:23ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Robotics and AI2296-91442020-01-01610.3389/frobt.2019.00142485765System to Evaluate the Skill of Operating Hydraulic Excavators Using a Remote Controlled Excavator and Virtual RealityRyota Sekizuka0Masaru Ito1Seiji Saiki2Yoichiro Yamazaki3Yuichi Kurita4Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, JapanGraduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, JapanKobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, JapanKobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, JapanGraduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, JapanWe developed a system to evaluate the skill of operating a hydraulic excavator. The system employs a remotely controlled (RC) excavator and virtual reality (VR) technology. We remodeled the RC excavator so that it can be operated in the same manner as a real excavator and proceeded to measure the excavator's state. To evaluate the skill of operating this system, we calculated several indices from the data recorded during excavation work and compared the indices obtained for expert and non-expert operators. The results revealed that it is possible to distinguish whether an expert or non-expert is operating the RC excavator. We calculated the same indices from the data recorded during excavation with a real excavator and verified that there exists a high correlation between the indices of the RC excavator and those of the real excavator. Thus, we confirmed that the indices of the real excavator and those of the simulator exhibited similar trends. This suggests that it is possible to partly evaluate the operation characteristics of a real excavator by using an RC excavator with different dynamics compared with a real excavator.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2019.00142/fullskill evaluationvirtual realityconstruction machineremote controlleddynamic time warping |
| spellingShingle | Ryota Sekizuka Masaru Ito Seiji Saiki Yoichiro Yamazaki Yuichi Kurita System to Evaluate the Skill of Operating Hydraulic Excavators Using a Remote Controlled Excavator and Virtual Reality Frontiers in Robotics and AI skill evaluation virtual reality construction machine remote controlled dynamic time warping |
| title | System to Evaluate the Skill of Operating Hydraulic Excavators Using a Remote Controlled Excavator and Virtual Reality |
| title_full | System to Evaluate the Skill of Operating Hydraulic Excavators Using a Remote Controlled Excavator and Virtual Reality |
| title_fullStr | System to Evaluate the Skill of Operating Hydraulic Excavators Using a Remote Controlled Excavator and Virtual Reality |
| title_full_unstemmed | System to Evaluate the Skill of Operating Hydraulic Excavators Using a Remote Controlled Excavator and Virtual Reality |
| title_short | System to Evaluate the Skill of Operating Hydraulic Excavators Using a Remote Controlled Excavator and Virtual Reality |
| title_sort | system to evaluate the skill of operating hydraulic excavators using a remote controlled excavator and virtual reality |
| topic | skill evaluation virtual reality construction machine remote controlled dynamic time warping |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2019.00142/full |
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