Worker assistance systems in manufacturing: A review of the state of the art and future directions

BG Mark, E Rauch, DT Matt - Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2021 - Elsevier
In the course of the fourth industrial revolution (also known as Industry 4.0 or I4. 0) the
operator itself comes to the fore. The technological and computational developments of …

Human-robot collaborative work cell implementation through lean thinking

D Stadnicka, D Antonelli - International Journal of Computer …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Industry 4.0 stresses the importance of considering production automation as an integrated
and collaborative teamwork process between human workers and intelligent machines and …

Intuitive work assistance by reciprocal human-robot interaction in the subject area of direct human-robot collaboration

C Thomas, L Stankiewicz, A Grötsch, S Wischniewski… - Procedia Cirp, 2016 - Elsevier
The paper focuses on the interaction in human-robot collaboration. On the one hand, the
robot assistance system individually aligns itself to the employee and on the other hand, the …

[PDF][PDF] Approach of a decision support matrix for the implementation of exoskeletons in industrial workplaces

L Ralfs, N Hoffmann, R Weidner - Annals of scientific society for …, 2022 - library.oapen.org
Despite the advancing trends in automation, workers in industrial workplaces often face
repetitive tasks with heavy workloads. Whenever methods or adaptions in both technology …

Worker centered cognitive assistance for dynamically created repairing jobs in rework area

R Müller, M Vette-Steinkamp, L Hörauf, C Speicher… - Procedia CIRP, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper examines the development of a worker centered cognitive assistance system
with variant bound and error code dependent job lists in rework areas. In automated …

Development of a morphological box to describe worker assistance systems in manufacturing

L Späker, BG Mark, E Rauch - Procedia Manufacturing, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the complex selection process of worker assistance systems for
human-centered manufacturing systems. Due to rising complexity of products and processes …

Toward a Framework for Human-Technology Cooperation in Manufacturing

J Fiedler, O Maghazei, A Seeliger, T Netland - … International Conference on …, 2023 - Springer
Industry 4.0 technologies hold great potential to enhance business operations, namely, to
increase productivity and efficiency. Despite far-reaching technological offerings for the …

Towards a modular and wearable support system for industrial production

R Weidner, T Meyer, A Argubi-Wollesen… - Applied Mechanics …, 2016 - Trans Tech Publ
Despite the increasing degree of automation many tasks are still performed manually,
especially in production of individualized, sensitive or quality critical products. These tasks …

A classification and selection method for the identification of appropriate worker assistance systems considering different user groups in manufacturing

BG Mark - 2022 - bia.unibz.it
A CLASSIFICATION AND SELECTION METHOD FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF
APPROPRIATE WORKER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS CONSIDERING DIFFERENT USER Page 1 …

Check for Digital Twin for Evaluating Support Characteristics for Industrial Exoskeletons for Upper Body Activities Samuel Villotti, Lukas Durst and Robert Weidner

S Villotti - Annals of Scientific Society for Assembly, Handling and …, 2023 - books.google.com
Beside the advancing trends in automation especially in regard to Industry 4.0, workers in
industrial factories in non-automated work activities often face repetitive tasks with heavy …