{"id":1835,"date":"2021-07-14T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cirpicme.org\/?page_id=1835"},"modified":"2021-07-13T18:57:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T16:57:02","slug":"extensible-worker-assistance-ewa-presenting-a-comprehensive-framework-for-context-aware-assistance-in-manual-assembly","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cirpicme.org\/index.php\/assembly-battery-production\/extensible-worker-assistance-ewa-presenting-a-comprehensive-framework-for-context-aware-assistance-in-manual-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Extensible Worker Assistance (EWA): Presenting a Comprehensive Framework for Context-Aware Assistance in Manual Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Eva Binder, Michael Romer, Patrick Engesser, Jannes Lehwald<\/em><\/em> (Germany)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To cope with the complexification of manual assembly, new assistance methods are developed continuously. However, those hardware-dependent methods are not deployed context-aware. Hence, workers are not supported situationally and new methods have to be implemented at great expense on a heterogeneous system landscape, evoking an inappropriate maintenance effort. As known from the plant engineering, standardized encapsulation of specific methods provides a solution to integrate heterogeneous applications into one generic system. Therefore, besides the propose of a novel Extensible Worker Assistance (EWA) framework, the underlying novel concepts of so-called Assistance Model Units (AMUs) is utilized as a standardized way to abstract from specific implementations and thus, enable the integration of various assistance methods into one generic system. Furthermore, the applicability of the EWA framework with its underlying core concepts is shown by a use case-specific implementation within the bus assembly. Hence, a first step towards the provision of an optimal worker assistance tailored to the individual needs is done, by the presentation of the EWA framework with the ability to integrate different assistance methods, devices and consider various contextual knowledge within the context-aware assistance selection. Future work has to be done to further develop and investigate the single components of the comprehensive framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords<\/strong>: Worker assistance, Manual assembly, Framework, Context-aware<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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