Optimizing human-machine interaction in manual assembly

Author

Stork, Sonja ; Stossel, C. ; Schubo, Anna

Author_Institution

Dept. of Psychol., Ludwig Maximilians Univ. Munich, Munich

fYear

2008

fDate

1-3 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

113

Lastpage

118

Abstract

This contribution introduces a concept for human-machine interaction in a working environment. A foot pedal based interface was applied for the investigation of capabilities and bottlenecks in human information processing as well as for the user-controlled timing of relevant information presentation. The use of the interaction concept was tested within an experimental study, where complexity of a manual assembly task was varied in order to manipulate respective processing resources. Results were interpreted regarding the development of an assistive system in production environments and regarding the optimization of human-machine interaction in general.

Keywords

man-machine systems; production control; robotic assembly; assistive system; foot pedal based interface; human information processing; human-machine interaction optimization; manual assembly; production environments; relevant information presentation; user-controlled timing; Adaptive systems; Cognitive robotics; Humans; Information processing; Man machine systems; Production systems; Robotic assembly; Service robots; Timing; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2008. RO-MAN 2008. The 17th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2212-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2213-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROMAN.2008.4600652

Filename

4600652