[POSTER] Augmented Reality Assistance in the Central Field-of-View Outperforms Peripheral Displays for Order Picking: Results from a Virtual Reality Simulation Study

Abstract

One area in which glasses-based augmented reality (AR) is successfully applied in industry is order picking in logistics (pick-byvision). Here, the almost hands-free operation and the direct integration into the digital workflow provided by augmented reality glasses are direct advantages. A common non-AR guidance technique for order picking is pickby-light. This is an efficient approach for single users and low numbers of alternative targets. AR glasses have the potential to overcome these limitations. However, making a grounded decision on the specific AR device and the particular guidance techniques to choose for a specific scenario is difficult, given the diversity of device characteristics and the lack of experience with smart glasses in industry at larger scale. The contributions of the paper are twofold. First, we present a virtual reality (VR) simulation approach to ground design decisions for AR-based solutions and apply it to the scenario of order picking. Second, we present results from a simulator study with implemented simulations for monocular and binocular head-mounted displays and compared existing techniques for attention guiding with our own SWave approach and the integration of eye tracking. Our results show clear benefits for the use of pick-by-vision compared to pick-by-light. In addition to that, we can show that binocular AR solutions outperform monocular ones in the attention guiding task.

Augmented reality in support of Industry 4.0—Implementation challenges and success factors

“…AR can be used for design and manufacturing applications [14], assembly operations, either in training [6,15] or as an online guidance system for operators [9,16,17]. In logistic, 'pick-byvision' is a prominent concept utilising AR to indicate picking locations and quantities [18][19][20][21][22][23]. Other areas where AR can also be used include warehouse operations [24].…”

Virtual gasoline engine based on augment reality for mechanical engineering education

“…Our results show clear benefits for pick-by-vision use compared to pick-by-light. In addition, we can demonstrate that the binocular AR solution outperforms the monocular in the attentiongrabbing task [7].…”

Testing vision picking technology in warehouse operations: Evidence from laboratory experiments

“…More specifically, the field of view is the area in which the pickers can see the content while wearing their glasses or headbands. According to [21], the full field of view of a human is 180°, however the use of vision picking equipment for the execution of order picking process reduces the field of view of pickers. Indeed, the display area of available glasses or headbands covers a field of view of 20° to 90° [20,21].…”

“…According to [21], the full field of view of a human is 180°, however the use of vision picking equipment for the execution of order picking process reduces the field of view of pickers. Indeed, the display area of available glasses or headbands covers a field of view of 20° to 90° [20,21]. To this point, it is worth mentioning that a significant number of vision picking devices has a really small field of view [19], and this fact creates multiple problems that deal with the performance and the safety of pickers when vision picking is adopted in industrial environments [22,23].…”