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Experimentation and Evaluation of the Usability of an AR-Driven Zero Defect Manufacturing Solution in a Real Life Complex Assembly Setting

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This paper reports the outcomes of a case study on evaluating the usability of AR-driven quality control solution conducted in real life production setting with highly complex, high value production characteristics. The AR solution has been evaluated by the production personnel from every organizational level, with main emphasis given to operators and process engineers. The results clearly indicate a significant usability of the solution in avoiding the quality defects in the assembly line driven by manual operations.

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This study was funded by EU H2020 project DAT4.Zero with grant number 958363.

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Soares, J. et al. (2024). Experimentation and Evaluation of the Usability of an AR-Driven Zero Defect Manufacturing Solution in a Real Life Complex Assembly Setting. In: Thürer, M., Riedel, R., von Cieminski, G., Romero, D. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. Production Management Systems for Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous Environments. APMS 2024. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 729. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65894-5_20

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