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The analysis and evaluation of the influence of haptic-enabled virtual assembly training on real assembly performance

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This paper reports the results of an investigation carried out to analyse and evaluate the influence of haptic-enabled virtual assembly (VA) training with respect to real assembly tasks. The aim was to determine how well virtual assembly training transfers knowledge and skills to the trainee in order to improve their real-world assembly performance. To demonstrate this, a comprehensive analysis and evaluation of the influence of VA training on the real assembly performance is presented. This influence is assessed in terms of the effectiveness and efficiency when performing the real assembly task after undergoing VA training. The study considers the use of three training modes and several assembly tasks with increasing complexity and number of parts. The results indicate a significant improvement (of up to 80 %) in the real assembly performance of subjects who undertook VA training first when compared to those trained conventionally. Moreover, haptic-enabled VA training led to greater levels of effectiveness than without haptics. The results also revealed that the effectiveness of VA training depended on assembly task complexity, i.e. the greater the task complexity, the greater the effectiveness. Consequently, maximum VA training effectiveness was obtained with a combination of haptic-enabled VA training and high-complex assembly tasks.

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  1. Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico

    Enrique Gallegos-Nieto & Hugo I. Medellín-Castillo

  2. Unidad Académica Multidisciplinaria Zona Media, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Rioverde, SLP, Mexico

    Germánico González-Badillo

  3. School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

    Theodore Lim & James Ritchie

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Gallegos-Nieto, E., Medellín-Castillo, H.I., González-Badillo, G. et al. The analysis and evaluation of the influence of haptic-enabled virtual assembly training on real assembly performance. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 89, 581–598 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-016-9120-4

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