A Wearable AR System for Maintenance in Industry 5.0: Assessing Mental Workload and Usability

Igor Lima Dourado; Lorena Caires Moreira; Marcos Kauffman; Ben Horan

doi:10.1109/icac61394.2024.10718838

A Wearable AR System for Maintenance in Industry 5.0: Assessing Mental Workload and Usability

Igor Lima Dourado
, Lorena Caires Moreira
, Marcos Kauffman
, Ben Horan

Centre for Manufacturing and Materials

Deakin University

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Abstract

Extended Reality systems, such as Augmented Reality (AR), are expected to play a crucial role in future industries, particularly by empowering users into Industry 5.0. In this context, the adoption of Head-Mounted AR displays (HMD) based on new developments in video see-through (VST) technology indicates significant potential in the manufacturing sector. However, the literature on this technology’s usage in maintenance operations is still limited. This research proposes an original user study to investigate the cognitive workload and usability issues of an AR VST HMD in assisting the maintenance of a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) system. The results suggest that participants did not perceive a high mental workload during task execution. Although the new technology still has some visualisation and interaction issues, most users consider these minor problems. This study highlights the potential of video see-through HMDs for empowering engineers and operators in advanced manufacturing and provides significant new insights regarding technical challenges to be addressed, considerations for effective implementation and suggestions for future research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2024 29th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-3503-6088-2
ISBN (Print)	979-8-3503-6089-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/icac61394.2024.10718838
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 23 Oct 2024

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This document is the author’s post-print version, incorporating any revisions agreed during the peer-review process. Some differences between the published version and this version may remain and you are advised to consult the published version if you wish to cite from it.

Funding

This research project was funded by Deakin University, Australia, and Coventry University, United Kingdom. Technical support was provided by Deakin s Centre for Advanced Design Engineering Training (CADET) and Virtual Reality Training and Simulation Research lab.

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Coventry University

Keywords

Industry 5.0
AR
Video See-Through Display
Maintenance
User Study

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