Automating a Workforce with Augmented Reality

Approximately 30% of the brain is dedicated to sight; science estimates that between 80% and 90% of human sensory input is received through the eyes. Only 8% of the brain is used for touch and 2% is used for auditory processing. How the Brain Processes Information Worker fatigue translates to more errors later in a work shift. Minimizing instructions and task information with only critical information remaining, enables a worker to make decisions more efficiently and accurately. After 15 seconds the brain forgets information completely.When the brain is pushed to work faster, information is forgotten at a faster rate along with mental fatigue. Since the brain recognizes and interprets graphical information significantly faster than text or spoken information, visual cueing is essential for accuracy. The brain’s short-term memory forgets spoken information three times faster than visual information. AR technology ensures consistency, so an unskilled workforce can think and behave in the same way as those workers with years of experience. Workforce technology is all about efficiency, consistency, repeatability, and safety, regardless of the person performing the task. With AR, every worker, regardless of language, physical capacity, or pure variability, has the ability to efficiently make the right decision over and over again. The decision-making process ensures the worker is in the right place, picking the right object, and remains focused on the next step in the task sequence. In most operations, the information used to make these decisions is presented by a computer or trained through standard operating procedures (SOPs). While these decisions may only take seconds, with AR the probability of consistent picking, packing, and avoiding mispicks is dramatically increased. There are many factors which impact workers’ effectiveness. The brain experiences fatigue, even from small decisions, over any long period of time. The brain struggles to make efficient […]

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