ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PERFORMANCE OF CADETS TRAINED TO OPERATE LOGGING MACHINERY

Igor Petukhov; Lyudmila  Steshina; Pavel Kurasov; Yuri Andrianov

doi:10.5937/jaes0-44511

Igor Petukhov Volga State University of Technology, Yoshkar-Ola, Russian Federation
Lyudmila Steshina Volga State University of Technology, Yoshkar-Ola, Russian Federation
Pavel Kurasov Volga State University of Technology, Yoshkar-Ola, Russian Federation
Yuri Andrianov Volga State University of Technology, Yoshkar-Ola, Russian Federation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/jaes0-44511

Keywords: man-machine systems, industrial control, automatic control, machine, operator, performance, harvester, simulator

Abstract

The paper analyzes factors that affect human productivity when operating logging machinery. It assesses how training machines and simulators influence the results of training. The paper further describes novel methods for testing the psychophysiological traits of human beings that enable evaluating the precision of guiding the implement of the logging machine in horizontal plane as well as by boom extension. The results of testing a group of cadets are presented herein. The research team found the boundaries of the test results obtained by the author-developed methods as compared against the results of final examinations held to complete the logging machinery operation training. The paper will be of interest for human- machine interaction and logging machine training specialists.

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