A smartwatch tells the machine operator when it is time to insert a component or to remove a finished part.
Photo: University of Stuttgart/Max Kovalenko
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the specialist company for control and automation technology, has already put the smartwatch from Aucobo to use at its plant in the German city of Esslingen, for example. This pilot project involved seven volunteer employees in the company's valve production area. “The feedback was invariably positive,” says Reutter. No reservations were voiced, quite the contrary: “Other workers heard of the pilot test, saw the smartwatch on the arms of their colleagues, and wanted one too.” But it was
more than a charming design which aroused the interest and enthusiasm of the users. Overcoming the Lack of Skilled Workers Observers like Bauernhansl see it as a must that employees become enthused about technological progress. “After all,” he says, “all developments come in the long run from human beings. The more they enjoy such progress, the higher the quality of the results. One of the primary tasks, therefore, is
FORSCHUNG LEBEN 09. 2017