MAUI: Tele-assistance for Maintenance of Cyber-physical Systems

Philipp Fleck, Fernando Reyes Aviles, Christian Pirchheim, Clemens Arth, Dieter Schmalstieg

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Abstract

In this paper, we present the maintenance assistance user interface (MAUI), a novel approach for providing tele-assistance to a worker charged with maintenance of a cyber-physical system. Such a system comprises both physical and digital interfaces, making it challenging for a worker to understand the required steps and to assess work progress. A remote expert can access the digital interfaces and provide the worker with timely information and advice in an augmented reality display. The remote expert has full control over the user interface of the worker in a manner comparable to remote desktop systems. The worker needs to perform all physical operations and retrieve physical information, such as reading physical labels or meters. Thus, worker and remote expert collaborate not only via shared audio, video or pointing, but also share control of the digital interface presented in the augmented reality space. We report results on two studies: The first study evaluates the benefits of our system against a condition with the same cyber-physical interface, but without tele-assistance. Results indicate significant benefits concerning speed, cognitive load and subjective comfort of the worker. The second study explores how interface designers use our system, leading to initial design guidelines for tele-presence interfaces like ours.
Original languageEnglish
Pages800-812
Number of pages13
Publication statusPublished - 26 Feb 2020
Event15th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications: VISAPP 2020 - Grand Hotel Excelsior, Valetta, Malta
Duration: 27 Feb 202029 Feb 2020
http://www.visapp.visigrapp.org/
https://www.insticc.org/node/technicalprogram/visigrapp/2020

Conference

Conference15th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications
Abbreviated titleVISIGRAPP 2020
Country/TerritoryMalta
CityValetta
Period27/02/2029/02/20
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Keywords

  • Remote Collaboration
  • Telepresence
  • Augmented Reality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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