User Interaction Evolution in the SmartFactoryKL

Abstract

In the SmartFactory KL the intelligent factory of the future, the consortium of companies and research facilities explores intelligent future technologies. Being a development and demonstration center for industrial applications, the SmartFactory KL is arbitrarily modifiable and expandable (flexible), connects components from multiple manufacturers (networked), enables its components to perform context-related tasks autonomously (self-organizing), and emphasizes user-friendliness (useroriented). This paper presents the outcomes of research in different user interaction methodologies for industrial environments. Today, in industrial environments most devices have their own stationary user interface directly attached to the device. Therefore users have to learn many different user interfaces and interaction devices from different vendors. To climb the ladder of evolution regarding interaction in future factories a mobile universal interaction device has been developed that is capable of communicating with various field devices and plant modules of an industrial facility via common wireless communication standards. A mobile Human Computer Interface like that has one user interface for all purposes, is non-proprietary and can be designed individually dependent on its owner«s needs and desires. Furthermore a first approach on integrating technologies from Augmented Reality (AR) into industrial facilities recognizing natural interaction through an AR-tablet configuration is presented. Eye-tracking, awareness tools, machine learning, coordina tion, expertise

A Concept for a user-friendly first Communication Initiation between Stationary Field Devices and Mobile Interaction Devices

“…Due to the very positive feedback of the initial UCD prototype and based on the lessons learned a new UCD -the unipo ® UCP450 control device -has been developed in a follow-up project in collaboration with two industrial companies (Meixner, 2010), (Schnurrer, 2010).…”

Efficiency 4.0 for Industry 4.0

“…Although CPPS machines are becoming more intelligent and may control and monitor the processes on their own by employing machine-learning algorithms , human interventions in production processes will still be required. Research in this area suggests that this monitoring of CPPSs will involve handheld mobile devices with rich interactive user interfaces (Meixner, Petersen, & Koessling, 2010) to monitor and operate the factory machines, often presenting complex information for real-time decisions (Villani et al, 2017;Zhong, Dai, Qu, Hu & Huang, 2013). This increased complexity in the data for humans in control operations will create increasing loads on the human information processing system; this information load in the brain is known as cognitive load (Sweller, 1988).…”

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“…Although CPPS machines are becoming more intelligent and may control and monitor the processes on their own by employing machine-learning algorithms (Lee et al, 2015), human interventions in production processes will still be required. Research in this area suggests that this monitoring of CPPSs will involve handheld mobile devices with rich interactive user interfaces (Meixner, Petersen, & Koessling, 2010) to monitor and operate the factory machines, often presenting complex information for real-time decisions (Villani et al, 2017;Zhong, Dai, Qu, Hu & Huang, 2013). This increased complexity in the data for humans in control operations will create increasing loads on the human information processing system; this information load in the brain is known as cognitive load (Sweller, 1988).…”