Human Computer Interaction

Towards Designing Adaptive and Personalized Work Systems in Manufacturing

Towards Designing Adaptive and Personalized Work Systems in Manufacturing

David Kostolani Institut für Managementwissenschaften, Sebastian Schlund ORCID Icon, Technische Universität Wien
Adaptation of work to humans instead of humans constantly adapting to work systems and work environments has been a goal of ergonomics since the 19th century. To date, an actual adaptation of work to the specific features, conditions and requirements of individual users has so far only taken place in rudimentary form. The possibilities have now opened up by the advances of Cyber Physical Production Systems (CPPS). This enables a renewed attempt to implement the goal of adapting work systems to workers. Integration of advanced sensory skills into work systems within manufacturing allows better recognition of the work environment and the actual state of the system. Together with actuator capabilities, it enables adaptive work systems to adjust their structure and behaviour to the anthropometric and the cognitive features and requirements of the systems’ users. However, a framework that integrates the concepts of adaptivity and personalization into the work system model and work system ...
Industry 4.0 Science | 2022 | | DOI 10.30844/WGAB_2022_5
Augmented Reality for Applied Process Execution and Documentation

Augmented Reality for Applied Process Execution and Documentation

Vernetzung von Mensch und Maschine in der Instandhaltung von Windenergieanlagen
Moritz Quandt, Thies Beinke, Abderrahim Ait Alla ORCID Icon, Michael Lütjen ORCID Icon, Michael Freitag ORCID Icon, Frank Bischoff, Van Binh Nguyen, Achim Issmer
The comprehensive digitalization of work environment constitutes major challenges in connection with new media and an extended human-computer interaction. In this context, service and maintenance proved to be an important field of application for this form of Industry 4.0. An adequate process execution and documentation has to be secured, even under challenging conditions, e.g. malfunctions on short notice, harsh working conditions or tight timeframes. These requirements as well as the increasing digitalization promote the application of Augmented Reality solutions in this area. With a focus on maintenance of wind energy turbines, this article describes the state of the art in relation to current solution approaches and development needs in connection with a process-oriented application of Augmented Reality. Therefore, current solutions that are already on the market are considered as well as results of the joint research project “AR Maintenance System”.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 33 | 2017 | Edition 1 | Pages 52-56
Age-Robust Design of Project Management Software

Age-Robust Design of Project Management Software

Jennifer Bützler, Christina Bröhl, Nicole Jochems, Christopher M. Schlick
Because of the demographic change and the rising number of computer workplaces, there is an increasing need for an age-robust software design. In the first part of this paper three basic studies with prototypical project management software applications are presented which lead to recommendations for an age differentiated design of the human-computer interface. In the second part, project planning with two commercial project management software tools was investigated regarding age differences in order to identify deficits in the de facto standard and derive inferences for further research.
Industrie Management | Volume 29 | 2013 | Edition 3 | Pages 29-42
Wearable Computing in industrial environments

Wearable Computing in industrial environments

Ernesto Morales Kluge
The introduction of technologies to enterprises and their business processes often leads to extensive consequences. Technical operators are nowadays equipped with mobile and wearable ICT in order to perform maintenance processes faster and more efficiently. However existing interaction paradigms of a typical desktop environment were applied to these mobile and wearable devices. Wearable Computing represents a promising technology for the support of mobile working processes in the industrial context.
Industrie Management | Volume 25 | 2009 | Edition 2 | Pages 39-42