Paper Info
Title
Towards modern inclusive factories: A methodology for the development of smart adaptive human-machine interfaces
Abstract
Modern manufacturing systems typically require high degrees of flexibility, in terms of ability to customize the production lines to the constantly changing market requests. For this purpose, manufacturing systems are required to be able to cope with changes in the types of products, and in the size of the production batches. As a consequence, the human-machine interfaces (HMIs) are typically very complex, and include a wide range of possible operational modes and commands. This generally implies an unsustainable cognitive workload for the human operators, in addition to a non-negligible training effort. To overcome this issue, in this paper we present a methodology for the design of adaptive human-centred HMIs for industrial machines and robots. The proposed approach relies on three pillars: measurement of user's capabilities, adaptation of the information presented in the HMI, and training of the user. The results expected from the application of the proposed methodology are investigated in terms of increased customization and productivity of manufacturing processes, and wider acceptance of automation technologies. The proposed approach has been devised in the framework of the European project INCLUSIVE.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1109/ETFA.2017.8247634
2017 22nd IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)
Keywords
DocType
Volume
operational modes,cognitive workload,product customization,smart adaptive human-machine interfaces design,industrial robots,user training,automation technologies,European project INCLUSIVE,users capabilities measurement,industrial machines,human operators,production batches,production lines,modern manufacturing systems,manufacturing processes,productivity
Conference
abs/1706.08467
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1946-0740
978-1-5090-6506-6
6
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.55
8
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Valeria Villani14512.54
Lorenzo Sabattini239336.65
Julia N. Czerniak381.28
Alexander Mertens46818.37
Vogel-Heuser, B.5521125.47
Cesare Fantuzzi627538.53