Reflections on operators' and maintenance engineers' experiences of smart factories

D Wurhofer, T Meneweger, V Fuchsberger… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
In production environments, the number of distributed, networked, and automated systems
has grown rapidly and is expected to continue to grow in the future. This affects humans' …

Deploying robots in a production environment: A study on temporal transitions of workers' experiences

D Wurhofer, T Meneweger, V Fuchsberger… - … –INTERACT 2015: 15th …, 2015 - Springer
Understanding a worker's perspective when introducing robots at humans' workplaces is
crucial to improve human-robot interaction in production environments. Taking a temporal …

Insights from user experience research in the factory: What to consider in interaction design

D Wurhofer, V Fuchsberger, T Meneweger… - Human Work Interaction …, 2015 - Springer
During the past few years we investigated humans' work in a semiconductor factory, both in
relation to digital and non-digital artifacts. With this paper, we provide an overview of aspects …

The Process is Under Control! Understanding the Building Blocks of User Experience in Operator Work

HMK Koskinen, P Savioja, P Mannonen… - Proceedings of the 13th …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Our everyday working life is an experience rich. The multifaceted nature of operator
experiences in process control activity is a critical yet underexplored domain. We aim to …

Factory workers' ordinary user experiences: An overlooked perspective

T Meneweger, D Wurhofer, V Fuchsberger… - Human Technology, 2018 - jyx.jyu.fi
Experiences with technology often are described as exciting and outstanding, for instance,
in relation to novel technologies at home or at work. In this article, we aim to complement this …

Working together with industrial robots: Experiencing robots in a production environment

T Meneweger, D Wurhofer… - 2015 24th IEEE …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper illustrates how workers in a semiconductor factory experience working together
with industrial robots. Applying a narrative interview approach, we evoked reports on …

Collaborative robots

AA Kumar, UK uz Zaman, P Plapper - Handbook of Manufacturing …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Collaborative robots or cobots are one of the core technologies of Industry 4.0 as they can
collaborate with the workers to perform tasks. This feature of cobots makes them an …

Human Cognitive Reliability and R&D Efficiency: A Human Factor Study in Semiconductor Pilot Scale Production Line

Y Li, M Zhu, D Chen, Y Yu - International Conference on Human-Computer …, 2024 - Springer
A qualified chip sensor determined for mass production must undergo rigorous development
and verification on the pilot line. In this experimental process, the sensor performance …

Reflections on production working environments in smart factories

S Pimminger, W Kurschl, M Augstein… - … and Process Control …, 2020 - Springer
The fourth industrial revolution has brought new challenges to the production workers in so-
called smart factories. The flexible production process and many different product variants …

Collaborative Robots

P Plapper - Handbook of Manufacturing Systems and Design, 2024 - library.oapen.org
Collaborative robots or cobots are one of the core technologies of Industry 4.0 as they can
collaborate with the workers to perform tasks. This feature of cobots makes them an …