TY - GEN
T1 - Virtual Environment for Studying the Effects of Operational and Environmental Sounds on Teleoperated Demolition
AU - Rodrigues, Patrick B.
AU - Becerik-Gerber, Burcin
AU - Soibelman, Lucio
AU - Lucas, Gale M.
AU - Roll, Shawn C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Computing in Civil Engineering 2023: Visualization, Information Modeling, and Simulation - Selected Papers from the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2023. All rights reserved.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Teleoperated robots are increasingly being used in construction sites, but there is still a need for better human-robot interfaces. Auditory feedback using sonification has commonly been used to complement visual feedback in teleoperation applications. However, it is not yet well understood how operational and environmental sounds can support operators in complex tasks such as construction machine operations. In this paper, we describe the development of a virtual environment to assess the impacts of operational and environmental sounds on operators' performances and cognitive loads during teleoperated demolition. Our goal is to examine whether different levels of operational and environmental sounds can increase the workers' situation awareness, operational efficiency, and safety performance. Alternatively, we anticipate that some environmental noises may negatively affect the operators' performances by increasing their mental workload and stress levels. Consequently, we plan to evaluate the effectiveness of including audio filters that minimize unwanted sounds while prioritizing desired sounds.
AB - Teleoperated robots are increasingly being used in construction sites, but there is still a need for better human-robot interfaces. Auditory feedback using sonification has commonly been used to complement visual feedback in teleoperation applications. However, it is not yet well understood how operational and environmental sounds can support operators in complex tasks such as construction machine operations. In this paper, we describe the development of a virtual environment to assess the impacts of operational and environmental sounds on operators' performances and cognitive loads during teleoperated demolition. Our goal is to examine whether different levels of operational and environmental sounds can increase the workers' situation awareness, operational efficiency, and safety performance. Alternatively, we anticipate that some environmental noises may negatively affect the operators' performances by increasing their mental workload and stress levels. Consequently, we plan to evaluate the effectiveness of including audio filters that minimize unwanted sounds while prioritizing desired sounds.
KW - Auditory feedback
KW - demolition
KW - human-robot interfaces
KW - operators' performance
KW - teleoperation.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85184285561
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784485231.007
DO - 10.1061/9780784485231.007
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85184285561
T3 - Computing in Civil Engineering 2023: Visualization, Information Modeling, and Simulation - Selected Papers from the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2023
SP - 54
EP - 61
BT - Computing in Civil Engineering 2023
A2 - Turkan, Yelda
A2 - Louis, Joseph
A2 - Leite, Fernanda
A2 - Ergan, Semiha
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2023: Visualization, Information Modeling, and Simulation, i3CE 2023
Y2 - 25 June 2023 through 28 June 2023
ER -