CONCEPT OF A SELF-LEARNING WORKPLACE CELL FOR WORKER ASSISTANCE WHILE COLLABORATION WITH A ROBOT WITHIN THE SELF-ADAPTING-PRODUCTION-PLANNING-SYSTEM

Johanna Ender

j.ender@stud.hs-wismar.de
1Liverpool John Moores University, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, 2Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences: Technology, Business and Design, Faculty of Engineering (Germany)
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6827-3270

Jan Cetric Wagner


Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences: Technology, Business and Design, Faculty of Engineering (Germany)
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9236-2935

Georg Kunert


Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences: Technology, Business and Design, Faculty of Engineering (Germany)
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7469-8435

Fang Bin Guo


Liverpool John Moores University, Faculty of Engineering and Technology (United Kingdom)
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7442-7344

Roland Larek


Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences: Technology, Business and Design, Faculty of Engineering (Germany)
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2823-6237

Thorsten Pawletta


Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences: Technology, Business and Design, Faculty of Engineering (Germany)
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1740-6560

Abstract

 For some time, the focus of past research on industrial workplace designs has been the optimization of processes from the technological point of view. Since human workers have to work within this environment the design process must regard Human Factor needs. The operators are under additional stress due to the range of high dynamic processes and due to the integration of robots and autonomous operating machines. There have been few studies on how Human Factors influence the design of workplaces for Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC). Furthermore, a comprehensive, systematic and human-centred design solution for industrial workplaces particularly considering Human Factor needs within HRC is widely uncertain and a specific application with reference to production workplaces is missing. 

The research findings described in this paper aim the optimization of workplaces for manual production and maintenance processes with respect to the workers within HRC. In order to increase the acceptance of integration of human-robot teams, the concept of the Assisting-Industrial-Workplace-System (AIWS) was developed. As a flexible hybrid cell for HRC integrated into a Self-Adapting-Production-Planning-System (SAPPS) assists the worker while interaction. 


Keywords:

human-robot collaboration, human factors, post-optimised reinforcement learning algorithm, self-adapting-production-planning-system

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2019-12-15

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Ender, J., Wagner, J. C., Kunert, G., Guo, F. B. ., Larek, R., & Pawletta, T. (2019). CONCEPT OF A SELF-LEARNING WORKPLACE CELL FOR WORKER ASSISTANCE WHILE COLLABORATION WITH A ROBOT WITHIN THE SELF-ADAPTING-PRODUCTION-PLANNING-SYSTEM. Informatyka, Automatyka, Pomiary W Gospodarce I Ochronie Środowiska, 9(4), 4–9. https://doi.org/10.35784/iapgos.36

Authors

Johanna Ender 
j.ender@stud.hs-wismar.de
1Liverpool John Moores University, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, 2Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences: Technology, Business and Design, Faculty of Engineering Germany
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6827-3270

Authors

Jan Cetric Wagner 

Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences: Technology, Business and Design, Faculty of Engineering Germany
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9236-2935

Authors

Georg Kunert 

Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences: Technology, Business and Design, Faculty of Engineering Germany
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7469-8435

Authors

Fang Bin Guo 

Liverpool John Moores University, Faculty of Engineering and Technology United Kingdom
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7442-7344

Authors

Roland Larek 

Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences: Technology, Business and Design, Faculty of Engineering Germany
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2823-6237

Authors

Thorsten Pawletta 

Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences: Technology, Business and Design, Faculty of Engineering Germany
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1740-6560

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