Towards Industry 5.0 -A Neuroergonomic Workstation for Human-Centered Cobot-Supported Manual Assembly Process

This paper brings the concept of neuroergonomic workcell with its essential components (psychological and physical assessment, non-physical, physical and strategic support) for improving the well-being and productivity of workers at their workplaces. A proof-of-concept neuroergonomic humancentered w...

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Published in:IEEE robotics & automation magazine 2024
Main Authors: Knežević, Nikola, Savić, Andrej, Gordić, Zaviša, Ajoudani, Arash, Jovanović, Kosta
Format: Article
Language:English
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Computer Science
Robotics
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Summary:This paper brings the concept of neuroergonomic workcell with its essential components (psychological and physical assessment, non-physical, physical and strategic support) for improving the well-being and productivity of workers at their workplaces. A proof-of-concept neuroergonomic humancentered workstation is demonstrated in a real factory environment for a typical industrial laborious task -assembly. The pilot workstation introduces a fully portable, non-invasive electroencephalogram-based (EEG-based) users' mental workload assessment, a non-obtrusive human-machine interface, illustrative graphical assembly guidelines, a cobot assistant, and an intelligent task scheduler. The subjects' performance and workload were assessed using a NASA-TLX questionnaire, three EEG workload indices, hand gesture detection accuracy, number of errors, and task duration. We identified a notable correlation between multiple EEG indices of workload and NASA score results. The new workstation boosts productivity with better performance and fewer errors on the assembly line while reducing mental demand. Its modular design ensures easy integration and adaptation into factory settings, optimizing manual assembly processes.
ISSN:1070-9932