Usability of augmented reality assisted commissioning of industrial robot programs

Start Page
91
End Page
102
Citation
Annals of Scientific Society for Assembly, Handling and Industrial Robotics 2022. - Seite 91-102 (2023)
Publisher DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-10071-0_8
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85194020133
Publisher
Springer Nature
ISBN
978-3-031-10070-3
978-3-031-10071-0
This paper analyses the usability of Augmented Reality (AR) in the commissioning and programming of industrial robots. Conducting two individual studies with a total of 31 participants we analysed the three dimensions of usability: effectiveness, efficiency, and user satisfaction by comparing our developed AR system with the conventional Teach-In programming method during the commissioning and modification of offline created robot programs. The results indicate that, while less accurate and hence effective, the AR system is more efficient and has a higher user satisfaction. Beyond that a posture analysis indicates that during a timeframe of 30 min the additional weight of the AR device does not significantly worsen the posture of a worker. Complemented by the positive result of the System Usability Score (SUS) that rates the analysed AR system with a good usability, the overall results indicate that while still limited by its achievable accuracy AR is an intuitive medium to conduct robot programming and commissioning.
Subjects
Augmented Reality
Industrial Robot
Manufacturing
Mixed Reality
NASA-TLX
OWAKO
Robot Programming
SUS
DDC Class
600: Technology