Augmented reality on industrial assembly line: Impact on effectiveness and mental workload

Mathilde Drouot1, Nathalie Le Bigot2, Emmanuel Bricard3

  • 1Optics Department, IMT Atlantique, 655 avenue du Technopôle, Brest, France; LaTIM, INSERM UMR1101, 22 avenue Camille Desmoulins, 29200, Brest, France; elm.leblanc (Bosch Group), Drancy, France.

Applied Ergonomics
|May 13, 2022
PubMed
Summary

Augmented reality (AR) did not improve assembly task effectiveness in industrial settings, leading to longer completion times and no reduction in errors. AR also increased mental workload for simple tasks and impaired users' ability to detect external alerts.

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