Using Scalable, Interactive Floor Projection for Production Planning Scenario

This paper introduces a novel system for interactive evaluation and verification of manual assembly processes. The approach utilizes a scalable, interactive augmented floor surface in combination with a tangible tabletop hardware and a material zone planning software. The floor projection hardware is used for true to scale assembly station layout visualizations. The advantages and drawbacks of a low-cost, true to scale visualization will be discussed. A preliminary evaluation of the proposed system during a production planning workshop has shown that the low-cost implementation is suitable for reaching the production planning goals. Additionally true to scale visualizations support users to estimate distances, speeds and spatial relationships within the digital layout. In future work, motion capture and tracking systems will be integrated and registered to the augmented floor surface area, the projection area will be extended and efficiency improvements will be showed up.