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Pick-by-Vision comes on age: evaluation of an augmented reality supported picking system in a real storage environment

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Rupert Reif,

Willibald A. Günthner,

Björn Schwerdtfeger,

Gudrun KlinkerAuthors Info & Claims

AFRIGRAPH '09: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Visualisation and Interaction in Africa

Pages 23 - 31

https://doi.org/10.1145/1503454.1503459

Published: 04 February 2009 Publication History

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Abstract

Order picking is one of the most important process steps in logistics. Because of their flexibility human beings cannot be replaced by machines. But if workers in order picking systems are equipped with a head-mounted display, Augmented Reality can improve the information visualization.

In this paper the development of such a system -- called Pick-by-Vision - is presented. The system is evaluated in a user study performed in a real storage environment. Important logistics figures as well as subjective figures were measured. The results show that a Pick-by-Vision system can improve considerably industrial order picking processes.

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Reviewer: Jeanine M. Meyer

This paper describes the design and evaluation of augmented reality (AR) systems, to help workers perform order picking. Order picking is the gathering together of collections of specified parts from storage bins for delivery to other stations in the factory or for distribution to outside customers. Order picking is a critical step in manufacturing that is difficult to automate. The authors' approach is to outfit the operators with headsets that project text, circles, and lines onto the field of view. The operators communicate back to the computer application using either an adjusting knob or directed speech (small vocabulary). The authors provide background on the topic, briefly explain the hardware and software of the systems, and describe the experiments they performed to compare AR systems with a standard method involving paper lists; they include a rigorous statistical analysis of the results. Reif et al. are aware of the human sensitivity to being tethered to a machine, along with other challenges to implementation. The paper shows that AR systems can produce improvements in performance time and error rates. The authors describe future work that incorporates tracking the operator. The paper is not written in idiomatic English: the sentences and paragraphs are long and the authors use too many acronyms. There are only two small photographs of what the operator actually sees, and no step-by-step descriptions of the interactions. However, despite these shortcomings, people in two distinct fields-manufacturing research and AR for computer games-will find the paper worthwhile. Online Computing Reviews Service

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February 2009

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ISBN:9781605584287

DOI:10.1145/1503454

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