Research Group for Applied Software Engineering
Forschungsgruppe für Angewandte Softwaretechnik
Master's Thesis
Human-Oriented System Design For Logistics Scenarios: A Smartglove Application
Advisor
Constantin Scheuermann
Author
Florian Heinz
Date
2016
The logistics domain has been quick to adopt innovation in the past and has reached a high level of automation. Yet, the flexibility and fine motor skills of human workers are still unmatched by machines. While the tools supporting those human workers have improved over time, there are still cases where they are inadequate. Improved tools can reduce stress on workers and allow to redesign existing workflows and clean them from inefficiencies. In a previous work, Scheuermann et al. used electronic textiles to create a replacement for handheld barcode scanners. They combined a smart glove ...