Enabling Smart Workplaces by Implementing an Adaptive Software Framework

Burggräf, Peter; Kampker, Achim; Kreisköther, Kai; Adlon, Tobias; Riegauf, Aaron; Dorn, Benjamin; Casla, Patricia; Marguglio, Angelo; Donvito, Giuseppe

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-20040-4_11

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“…The design of the workstation can be facilitated by the innovative technologies of Industry 4.0 (Burggräf et al, 2019 ). Some studies showed the digital transformation of the manual workstation into a collaborative one (Pini et al, 2016 ; Gualtieri et al, 2020 ; Colim et al, 2021 ; Palomba et al, 2021 ) and indicated the benefits of collaborative cooperation between operators and robots (Consiglio et al, 2007 ; Sadrfaridpour and Wang, 2017 ; Heydaryan et al, 2018 ; Castro et al, 2019 ; Liau and Ryu, 2020 ; Parra et al, 2020 ; Pérez et al, 2020 ).…”

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Development of Modular and Adaptive Laboratory Set-Up for Neuroergonomic and Human-Robot Interaction Research

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The industry increasingly insists on academic cooperation to solve the identified problems such as workers' performance, wellbeing, job satisfaction, and injuries. It causes an unsafe and unpleasant working environment that directly impacts the quality of the product, workers' productivity, and effectiveness. This study aimed to give a specialized solution for tests and explore possible solutions to the given problem in neuroergonomics and human–robot interaction. The designed modular and adaptive laboratory model of the industrial assembly workstation represents the laboratory infrastructure for conducting advanced research in the field of ergonomics, neuroergonomics, and human–robot interaction. It meets the operator's anatomical, anthropometric, physiological, and biomechanical characteristics. Comparing standard, ergonomic, guided, and collaborative work will be possible based on workstation construction and integrated elements. These possibilities allow the industry to try, analyze, and get answers for an identified problem, the condition, habits, and behavior of operators in the workplace. The set-up includes a workstation with an industry work chair, a Poka–Yoke system, adequate lighting, an audio 5.0 system, containers with parts and tools, EEG devices (a cap and smartfones), an EMG device, touchscreen PC screen, and collaborative robot. The first phase of the neuroergonomic study was performed according to the most common industry tasks defined as manual, monotonous, and repetitive activities. Participants have a task to assemble the developed prototype model of an industrial product using prepared parts and elements, and instructed by the installed touchscreen PC. In the beginning, the participant gets all the necessary information about the experiment and gets 15 min of practice. After the introductory part, the EEG device is mounted and prepared for recording. The experiment starts with relaxing music for 5 min. The whole experiment lasts two sessions per 60 min each, with a 15 min break between the sessions. Based on the first experiments, it is possible to develop, construct, and conduct complex experiments for industrial purposes to improve the physical, cognitive, and organizational aspects and increase workers' productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness. It has highlighted the possibility of applying modular and adaptive ergonomic research laboratory experimental set-up to transform standard workplaces into the workplaces of the future.

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