| Title: | Audio-visual effects of a collaborative robot on worker efficiency |
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| Authors: | ID Javernik, Aljaž (Author)
ID Kovič, Klemen (Author)
ID Palčič, Iztok (Author)
ID Ojsteršek, Robert (Author) |
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| Files: |  symmetry-15-01907.pdf (2,86 MB)
MD5: 754DCEA391B076E053B67AE97A2FDFC0
 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/15/10/1907
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Article |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
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| Abstract: | Collaborative workplaces are increasingly used in production systems. The possibility of
direct collaboration between robots and humans brings many advantages, as it allows the simultaneous use of human and robotic strengths. However, collaboration between a collaborative robot
and a human raises concerns about the safety of the interaction, the impact of the robot on human
health, human efficiency, etc. Additionally, research is unexplored in the field of the collaborative
robot’s audio-visual effects on the worker’s efficiency. Our study results contribute to the field of
studying collaborative robots’ audio-visual effects on the worker’s behavior. In this research, we
analyze the effect of the changing motion parameters of the collaborative robot (speed and acceleration) on the efficiency of the worker and, consequently, on the production process. Based on the
experimental results, we were able to confirm the impact of robot speed and acceleration on the
worker’s efficiency in terms of assembly time. We also concluded that the sound level and presence of
a visual barrier between the worker and robot by themselves have no effect on the worker’s efficiency.
The experimental part of the paper clearly identifies the impact of visualization on work efficiency.
According to the results, the robot’s audio-visual effects play a key role in achieving high efficiency
and, consequently, justifying the implementation of a collaborative workplace. |
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| Keywords: | collaborative robot, worker efficiency, motion parameters, visual contact, sound, human-robot symmetry, repeated measures ANOVA |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Submitted for review: | 08.09.2023 |
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| Article acceptance date: | 09.10.2023 |
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| Publication date: | 12.10.2023 |
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| Publisher: | MDPI |
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| Year of publishing: | 2023 |
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| Number of pages: | 19 str. |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 15, iss. 10, [article no.] 1907 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-86548  |
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| UDC: | 007.52:658.562 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2073-8994 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 170966275 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/sym15101907 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 11.12.2023 |
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| Views: | 528 |
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| Downloads: | 59 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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