Quantitative evaluation of physical assembly support in human supporting production system “attentive workbench”

Author

Sugi, Masao ; Matsumura, Ippei ; Tamura, Yusuke ; Ota, Jun ; Arai, Tamio

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mechano-Inf., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo

fYear

2008

fDate

19-23 May 2008

Firstpage

3624

Lastpage

3629

Abstract

We have proposed "attentive workbench (AWB)," an assembly cell that supports the production activities of human workers. Attentive workbench is composed of an augmented desk interface and self-moving trays with the Sawyer planar motors. In this paper, real assembly experiments using the implemented AWB system are carried out. The merit of the physical assembly support by the proposed system is evaluated quantitatively in the view of necessary time for product assembly.

Keywords

augmented reality; cellular manufacturing; production engineering computing; robotic assembly; user interfaces; Sawyer planar motor; assembly cell; attentive workbench; augmented desk interface; cell production system; human worker; physical assembly support; product assembly; production activity; self-moving trays; Assembly systems; Cameras; Humans; Planar motors; Plasma displays; Production systems; Productivity; Prototypes; Robotic assembly; State estimation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation, 2008. ICRA 2008. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

ISSN

1050-4729

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1646-2

Electronic_ISBN

1050-4729

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543766

Filename

4543766