Providing Context-Sensitive Mobile Assistance for People with Disabilities in the Workplace

Smart and Sustainable Human-Centred Workstations for Operators with Disability in the Age of Industry 5.0: A Systematic Review

“…It must be underlined, however, that the tasks delegated comprise assembling LEGO bricks (such micro tasks do not emulate the manufacturing shop floor environment, where more composite tasks are designated). In situ projected instructions relieve operators who have a shorter working memory of having to switch between reading instruction manuals and then having to transpose those instructions to the task at hand [11,75]. Conversely, the instructions are projected in such a way that they are presented in congruence with the task.…”

“…Their setup reaped a reduction in assembly errors by half, and assembly time was reduced to a third. Likewise, Aksu et al augmented the working environment for people with minor intellectual impairments through a mobile application, guiding the operators through the sequential task of replacing broken drill heads [75].…”

“…Funk et al [39] justify taking on pictorial full-size contour-based instructions owing to their ease of "transferring information" [39] (p. 1) to operators with disabilities, which is a crucial consideration when a new skill or task is being imparted. Comparably, Aksu et al's provision of video-based assembly instructions rendered an independent and positive learning experience for operators with mild intellectual disabilities on the shop floor [75]. Proper knowledge dissemination is a rudimentary prerequisite in all capacities of learning, thus rightfully warranting equal attention upon the manufacturing shop floor, especially considering the heterogeneity of workers present (such as the fact that not everyone learns in the same manner or works at the same pace [46]).…”

“…Despite the advantages denoted by [36,76], similar case studies within proper industrial contexts have not been significantly implemented (due to the general preference for implementation of such studies within sheltered workshops such as in [76]). This gears the researcher to conduct in-depth practice on the manufacturing shop floor for improved outcome of results and longevity, as is the case in Aksu et al's study [75]. Such a sugges-tion spans from an observation entrenched in some of the case studies centring around sheltered workshops.…”