There is no spoon: applying virtual reality for maintenance training of rolling stock technicians Online publication date: Thu, 06-Sep-2018
by Alberto Martinetti; K. 't Hart; Roy Damgrave; L.A.M. Van Dongen; R. Turkenburg; Andre Nouwens
International Journal of System of Systems Engineering (IJSSE), Vol. 8, No. 4, 2018
Abstract: Introducing into operations new rolling stocks requires re-educating technicians and operators for being able to properly work on new and different assets. The training sessions are often performed under substantial time constraints and with a lack of resources. Re-training the technicians is a cost intensive process as it is for training new employees. The aim of the paper is to test and evaluate a virtual reality (VR) training solutions to decrease costs and to increase technicians' availability, safety during maintenance operations and education performance with the support of Netherlands Railways (Nederlandse Spoorwegen - NS). Firstly, the study explores the possible maintenance tasks analysing the benefits for VR implementations; secondly, it evaluates the attitude of technicians trained with the proposed VR approach. Finally, it discusses the results and provides general applicable suggestions for the use of VR in other training activities.
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