Verbal Coaching During a Real-time Task
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Abstract
TRANSoM is a collaborative effort among university and industry researchers aimed
at producing an intelligent tutoring system for training pilots of remotely operated vehicles
(ROVs). ROVs are unmanned, tethered, underwater vehicles used in a range of applications
such as inspection, search and salvage, and mine countermeasures. Pilots have to learn to
maneuver the ROV, keeping track of its tether and its surroundings, using little more than a
video camera and sonar. To minimize workload while a trainee is practicing, the primary mode
of feedback during a mission is verbal. The design of this verbal coaching was modeled closely
on techniques observed in human instructors. We report on several of the issues faced in
implementing this coaching paradigm that make it effective yet unobtrusive.
