Raza, Syed Muhammad
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Publication Access status: Open Access , Human Assistance System Supporting Forming Machine ReconfigurationIncreased product complexity in present manufacturing sector, shorter product lifecycles, and more variable customer demands, require production systems to be flexible and reliable. As a result, machines are required to be reconfigured more frequently and within shorter timeframes. Reconfiguring forming machines is a complex and delicate task that depends strongly on operator experience and practical know-how gained over several years. Appropriate support system is required to transfer the accumulated experience and knowledge in order to enable novice operators to perform such tasks effectively. This work presents an assistance system designed to support novice operators during forming machine reconfiguration tasks. The proposed system comprises an eye-gaze sensor to observe operator actions and visual attention during task execution. Based on this information, the system identifies potential mistakes and provides real-time feedback on a smartwatch to guide the operator through the reconfiguration process. The approach is evaluated in a controlled laboratory environment, where both task performance and user experience are assessed. The results show potential for the use of human assistance systems to support novice operators in real time during forming machine reconfiguration on the shop floor. In addition to improving the overall system and its evaluation in a real production environment under industrial conditions, future work will focus on multimodal sensor fusion to enable more robust intent recognition and contextual understanding of an operator during reconfiguration of forming machines.Source Type:InProceedings