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Supporting the changing roles of maintenance operators in mining: a human factor perspective

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posted on 2023-05-18, 02:15 authored by Alem, L, Huang, W, Tecchia, F
Rapid advances in networking and hardware have made it possible for remotely located individuals to perform physical tasks. Recently a number of systems have been developed with each supporting a different scenario of remote collaboration. Of particular interest to us is to explore the value of these technologies in the context of mining. As automation is being introduced in mines, more and more skilled operators are operating remotely. As a result, onsite operators’ job becomes more complex and requires input from remote skilled operators. The productivity of the future mine relies on the effective delivery, just in time, of remote guidance. This paper presents a remote guiding system called HandsOnVideo, which is developed as part of our Human System Integration project within the CSIRO’s Minerals Down Under (MDU), a National Research Flagship. Our aim is to design and develop a system that supports a remote helper guiding a mobile local worker in maintaining complex equipment in mine sites. The system is developed following a participatory design approach and the results of a usability study with real users indicate that the system is useful and effective.

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Publication title

The Ergonomics Open Journal

Volume

4

Pagination

81-92

ISSN

1875-9343

Department/School

School of Information and Communication Technology

Publisher

Bentham Open

Place of publication

Netherlands

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Licenced under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

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  • Open

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Expanding knowledge in the information and computing sciences

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