Telexistence-Based Remote Maintenance for Marine Engineers

Remote work practice has seen significant developments in the field of maintenance, which is beneficial in the maritime sector. The defense industry is investigating the utilization of unmanned vehicle systems (UVS) to fulfil the demands of efficiency, safety, and field tasks that heavily rely on eq...

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Published in2023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) pp. 407 - 413
Main Authors Mazeas, Damien, Erkoyuncu, John Ahmet, Noel, Frederic
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.03.2023
Subjects
Human-Robot Interaction
Machinery
Maintenance engineering
Remote Control
Robots
Safety
Task analysis
Telexistence
Telexistence-Maintenance
Three-dimensional displays
Usability
User interfaces
Virtual environments
Virtual Reality
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Summary:Remote work practice has seen significant developments in the field of maintenance, which is beneficial in the maritime sector. The defense industry is investigating the utilization of unmanned vehicle systems (UVS) to fulfil the demands of efficiency, safety, and field tasks that heavily rely on equipment usage. Telexistence technology affords marine engineers the capability to conduct inspections and repairs as if physically present. This study presents a scalable framework for evaluating the feasibility of conducting traditional machinery space maintenance through the implementation of telexistence capabilities. Our case study employs a physical robot for real-motion behaviors and a simulated virtual environment. Maintenance scenarios were developed through responses to a contextual questionnaire by two experts. In future steps, the study will compare telexistence with direct teleoperation in terms of presence, workload, and usability for vessel machinery space maintenance.
DOI:10.1109/VRW58643.2023.00089