A development approach towards user-centered front-ends for knowledge-based engineering configurators: a study within planning of robot-based automation solutions

Schäffer E, Shafiee S, Frühwald T, Franke J (2020)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2020

Edited Volumes: Proceedings of the 22nd International Configuration Workshop

Book Volume: 22

Pages Range: 47-52

URI: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344298661_A_development_approach_towards_user-centered_front-ends_for_knowledge-based_engineering_configurators_a_study_within_planning_of_robot-based_automation_solutions

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Abstract

Configurators are well-established strong researched expert systems due to the high popularity and gained benefits. Nevertheless, the aspects of user-centered design are rarely researched and applied during the development of configurator front-ends. However, when addressing a mass consumer market or non-experts end-users, the front-end represents the required crucial knowledge that bridges the end-user's current level of knowledge to the experts' knowledge. In order to push the application of knowledge-based engineering configurators for a mass market in SMEs, a user-centered configurator frond-end for the concept planning of robot-based automation systems is being developed within the platform project ROBOTOP. In this paper, the design of an architectural user-centered layer and a ten-step development approach of user-centered front-ends are presented.

Authors with CRIS profile

Eike Schäffer Lehrstuhl für Fertigungsautomatisierung und Produktionssystematik Jörg Franke Lehrstuhl für Fertigungsautomatisierung und Produktionssystematik

Related research project(s)

Modulare, offene und internetbasierte Plattform für Roboter-Anwendungen in Industrie und Service (ROBOTOP) June 1, 2017 - Dec. 31, 2020

Involved external institutions

Technical University of Denmark / Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU) DK Denmark (DK)

How to cite

APA:

Schäffer, E., Shafiee, S., Frühwald, T., & Franke, J. (2020). A development approach towards user-centered front-ends for knowledge-based engineering configurators: a study within planning of robot-based automation solutions. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Configuration Workshop. (pp. 47-52).

MLA:

Schäffer, Eike, et al. "A development approach towards user-centered front-ends for knowledge-based engineering configurators: a study within planning of robot-based automation solutions." Proceedings of the 22nd International Configuration Workshop. 2020. 47-52.

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