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IJAT Vol.12 No.4 pp. 524-532
doi: 10.20965/ijat.2018.p0524
(2018)

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Usability Analysis of Information on Worker’s Hands in Animated Assembly Manuals

Masao Sugi*,†, Ippei Matsumura**, Yusuke Tamura**, Tamio Arai**, and Jun Ota***

*The University of Electro-Communications
1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu-shi, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan

†Corresponding author

**The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

***The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan

Received:
November 10, 2017
Accepted:
April 16, 2018
Online released:
July 3, 2018
Published:
July 5, 2018
Creative Commons License
Keywords:
cellular manufacturing, assembly manuals, skill transfer, animation, service productivity
Abstract

This study considered animated manuals among the assembly manuals used in the manufacturing industry, which is one of the important components for enhancing service productivity in the task teaching process. In particular, it focused on information that pertained to the worker’s hands. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of the inclusion of hand information for assembly workers and to elucidate on the effectiveness of the provision of hand information in assembly manuals. The subjective experimental results from four participants demonstrated that hand information was beneficial either when the presentation of such information was sufficiently easy for users to comprehend or when unstable parts have to be held by the hands.

Cite this article as:
M. Sugi, I. Matsumura, Y. Tamura, T. Arai, and J. Ota, “Usability Analysis of Information on Worker’s Hands in Animated Assembly Manuals,” Int. J. Automation Technol., Vol.12 No.4, pp. 524-532, 2018.
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