A study on instruction of three dimensional motion for task support using augmented reality

• Main Author: Iwamoto, Kazuyo
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Augmented reality; Erbium; Manufacturing support; Task analysis; Task support; Three-dimensional displays; Trajectory; Video see-through display; Virtual reality
• ISSN: 2155-6830
• DOI: 10.1109/ICEEI.2017.8312379

Studies on manufacturing task support that can present appropriate task instructions to the workers according to the situation using augmented reality are being advanced. Thereby, even a worker who is not an expert can perform various manufacturing tasks. In this technique, a task instructions are superimposed on the captured image of the work object. Then, by presenting the synthesized image to the worker through the visual display, the task instructions are performed. Recently, the application of this technology to various manufacturing tasks has been studied. In the conventional task instruction presentation research, the presentation information was mainly static information such as mounting position of the parts, place of the operation switch and presentation of operation procedure. However, in some manufacturing tasks, it is important to operate a work tool along a three-dimensional trajectory such as assembly task, soldering, welding task, pouring task and so on. In such tasks, it is necessary to present the three-dimensional position, orientation and trajectory of the work tool to the operator. In contrast to the static information mentioned above, these can be said to be the manufacturing task support technology to present dynamic information. In this paper, an instruction of presenting three-dimensional motion for task support is examined. Then, in order to confirm its effectiveness, the results of the evaluation experiments using the operators are reported.