A Decision Making Framework for Human Robot Collaborative Workplace Generation

Finding Trends in Human-Automation Interaction Research in Order to Formulate a Cognitive Automation Strategy for Final Assembly

“…Trends towards collaborative work places and high level of automation is still not applied in final assembly in a bigger extend [8,29] because of the need for high flexibility and a high level of complexity. Manufacturing complexity [30] can be defined as a combination of product variants, work content, layout, tools and support tools and work instructions, this complexity is often the highest in final assembly.…”

“…The evolution of digital tools [47,48], increased number of co-bots [8] and human-robot collaboration [49,50] in final assembly points towards an increased use of both cognitive and physical automation in the final assembly context. HAI will be more and more common and the need for structure and measure parameters related to HAI will be essential [19,51,52].…”

“…A complex assembly system can involve many different automation types but studies show that 95% of the tasks are performed by hand by the operator's own experience [2]. The most common task for operators in final assembly are pick-and-place tasks, which could easily be replaced by co-bots [8] in order to improve the work different tools, that he or she controls and receives information from i.e., there are many factors affecting the interactions. Wickens, et al [26] states that when designing for effective HAI (safer, more satisfactory and less disruptive) that appropriate feedback is important to show the status of the automation processes (system process).…”

On a human–robot workplace design and task allocation system

“…The design of the HRC cell currently asks for considerable time and a working team of engineers, robot specialists, designers, system integrators, etc. The problem was initially addressed by Tsarouchi et al (2016a). The proposed tool considers a method that integrates the rules and knowledge of the cell design and enables the generation of good quality alternative designs, in a short time frame (Figure 1).…”

“…An extended review on the simulation tools and their use in manufacturing has been presented by Mourtzis, Doukas, and Bernidaki (2014), while the role of DHMs has been investigated by Chaffin (2007 (Tsarouchi et al 2016a).…”