Corporate Training: Second Life Robotic Instructor Simulation. There are many situations where training will benefit from the availability of an instructor's aid -- a person who is probably not qualified to lead the training, but can show trainees around, talk to them about company's policies, answer frequently asked questions, will help trainees familiarize themselves with equipment and environment. Availability of such person in real life is not guaranteed, but AHG's robotic avatar technology allows you to have such an aid played by a programmable robot. This works especially well for the Generation Y, but experience shows that carefully thought through and effectively designed simulation works well for pre-retirees, as it does for this year's college graduates. Robotic Instructors are avatars that are operated by a computer program. They are logged in Second Life on demand and provide a guided tour or lesson(s) for trainees. For example, Robotic Instructors may be used to demonstrate technical equipment operation, certain procedures, provide guided tour of a location, etc. During the session robotic instructors can ask trainee to repeat specific steps and provide trainee with a feedback. Robotic Instructors are often used for new hire orientation and onboarding, but can be also used in any situation where you need a guide to accompany and demonstrate something to trainee or a visitor. Instructional designers, take notice: Robotic instructors are controlled without using a single line of computer code! Intuitive web interface allows you to build a lesson from the scratch, or easily modify existing lessons. To do this, you enter the following information into the web-based forms: Coordinates of the "stops" you want to include in your tour; Text to be said by robot to a trainee; Select appropriate animation and gestures (pointing to a certain object, etc.); Select actions that trainee is expected to accomplish and robot's reaction to correct and incorrect actions by a trainee. As with other AHG products, Robotic Instructors simulation links to a database or LMS located on your enterprise network, so all sensitive data are located behind corporate firewall and you have a record of all trainees who took the course(s) and completed it successfully. For companies who want to test out Second Life simulations capabilities prior to committing to a full-scale program, we offer hosted solution. Robotic Instructors simulation can also be used as part of our new hire orientation / onboarding package in Second Life, or as stand-alone product. If you are interested in licensing Robotic Instructors simulation for your Second Life project, please, call (814)867-3200 or contact us to discuss your project specifications and arrange a demo.