Toward Machine Mediated Training of Motor Skills - Skill Transfer from Human to Human via Virtual Environment - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University

Toward Machine Mediated Training of Motor Skills – Skill Transfer from Human to Human via Virtual Environment

Yasuyoshi Yokokohji, Ralph Hollis, Takeo Kanade, Kazuyuki Henmi, and Tsuneo Yoshikawa
Workshop Paper, 5th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Communication (RO-MAN '96), pp. 32 - 37, November, 1996

Abstract

We investigate a possibility of skill mapping from human to human via a visual/haptic display system. Our goal in the future is to develop a training system for motor skills such as surgical operations. We have proposed a new concept of visual/haptic display called a WYSIWYF Display; (What You See Is What You Feel). The proposed concept ensures correct visual/haptic registration which is important for effective hand-eye coordination training. Using the prototype WYSIWYF display, we did a preliminary experiment of skill training. Our idea of skill transfer is very simple; basically it is a "record-and-replay" strategy. Questions are "What is the essential data to be recorded for transferring the skill?" and "What is the best way to provide the data to the trainee?". Several methods were tried but no remarkable result was obtained, presumably because the chosen task was too simple.

BibTeX

@workshop{Yokokohji-1996-14247,
author = {Yasuyoshi Yokokohji and Ralph Hollis and Takeo Kanade and Kazuyuki Henmi and Tsuneo Yoshikawa},
title = {Toward Machine Mediated Training of Motor Skills - Skill Transfer from Human to Human via Virtual Environment},
booktitle = {Proceedings of 5th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Communication (RO-MAN '96)},
year = {1996},
month = {November},
pages = {32 - 37},
}