Abstract:Traditional automated systems, such as industrial robots, are applied in well-structured environments, and many automated systems have a limited adaptability to deal with complexity and uncertainty; therefore, the applications of industrial robots in small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are very limited. The majority of manual operations in SMEs are too complicated for automation. The rapidly developed information technologies (IT) has brought new opportunities for the automation of manufacturing and assembly processes in the ill-structured environments.Note that an automation solution should be designed to meet the given requirements of the specified application, and it differs from one application to another. In this paper, we look into the feasibility of automated testing for electric cable harnesses, and our focus is on some of the generic strategies for the improvement of the adaptability of automation solutions. Especially, the concept of modularization is adopted in developing hardware and software to maximize system adaptability in testing a wide scope of products. A proposed system has been implemented, and the system performances have been evaluated by executing tests on actual products. The testing experiments have shown that the automated system outperformed manual operations greatly in terms of cost-saving, productivity and reliability. Due to the potential of increasing system adaptability and cost reduction, the presented work has its theoretical and practical significance for an extension for other automation solutions in SMEs.
Pengetahuan di bidang komputer diperlukan oleh setiap orang saat ini. Di Provinsi Papua terdapat Pusat Pengembangan Anak (PPA 434) yang bertujuan untuk melatih dan mengajar anak-anak dalam berbagai bidang ilmu. Meskipun fasilitas komputer dan internet yang terbatas, pelatihan diberikan kepada anak-anak untuk meningkatkan kemampuan di bidang komputer. Materi yang diberikan dalam pelatihan ini adalah pengetahuan di bidang perangkat keras komputer, perangkat lunak dan kemampuan mengetik menggunakan komputer. Tujuan dari pelatihan ini adalah memberikan literasi di bidang komputer seperti pengetahuan perangkat keras dan perangkat lunak serta pelatihan mengetik. Metoda pelatihan diberikan menggunakan sistem belajar jarak jauh secara berkala setiap minggu sebanyak empat kali pertemuan. Peserta pelatihan dan instruktur melakukan pelatihan di tempat masing masing (Papua dan Bandung) menggunakan aplikasi zoom. Hasil pelatihan diukur menggunakan pre-test dan post-test yang memperlihatkan peningkatan kemampuan literasi di bidang komputer setelah mengikuti pelatihan ini. Para peserta pelatihan juga diberikan pengetesan kecepatan mengetik. Pada akhir pelatihan berdasarkan dari hasil pengukuran pre-test dan post-test didapatkan bahwa pengetahuan para peserta pelatihan telah meningkat. Selain itu juga kemampuan mengetik para peserta pelatihan telah meningkat dari 17 kata per menit menjadi 29 kata per menit.
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