LinkForm: a Multipurpose VR-based Remote Skill-Transfer Robotic System

Physical interaction plays a vital role in various skill-transfer scenarios. Despite its importance, the majority of systems focus on visual and auditory in immersive environments for training contexts. Therefore, we present LinkForm, a novel VR-based robotic skill-transfer system comprises a VR environment and a robotic system. LinkForm enables a coach to remotely train a user, with the ability to convey visual, verbal, and physical guidance and interactions to the remote trainee. The preliminary evaluation result shows statistically significant improvements in the participants performance after using LinkForm. Participants also showed strong interest in training using LinkForm, suggesting various remote-training scenarios.