An industrial application of telepresence technology: productivity improvements in material handling tasks

Author

Rodrigues, Clarence C. ; Pavlosky, Karen M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Syst. Eng., Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1995

fDate

22-25 Oct 1995

Firstpage

2115

Abstract

Although virtual reality technology has gained popularity and has many uses in research and entertainment applications, there has been little effort put into developing the technology for use in industry. This paper defines virtual reality and telepresence and reviews the components that comprise a virtual reality system. It uses this as the basis for discussing applications of virtual reality/telepresence in workstation redesign and training to increase productivity and aid in compliance to safety regulations

Keywords

computer based training; manufacturing data processing; materials handling; safety; telecontrol; training; virtual reality; industrial application; material handling tasks; safety; telepresence; training; virtual reality; workstation redesign; Automatic control; Engineering management; Fires; Humans; Materials handling; Pediatrics; Productivity; Robotics and automation; Systems engineering and theory; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1995. Intelligent Systems for the 21st Century., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2559-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1995.538092

Filename

538092