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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Wearable Smart Gloves for Optimization Analysis of Disassembly and Assembly of Mechatronic Machines.

Chin-Shan Chen, Hung Wei Chang, Bo-Chen Jiang

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Chin-Shan ChenDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912301, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-5974-4157
Hung Wei ChangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912301, Taiwan.
Bo-Chen JiangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912301, Taiwan.

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Abstract

With the rapid development of smart manufacturing, the optimization of real-time monitoring in operating procedures has become a crucial issue in modern industry. Traditional disassembly and assembly (D/A) work, relying on human experience and visual inspection, lacks immediacy and a quantitative basis, further affecting operating quality and efficiency. This study aims to develop a thin-film force sensor and an inertial measurement unit (IMU)-integrated wearable device for monitoring and analyzing operators' behavioral characteristics during D/A tasks. First, by having operators wear self-made smart gloves and 17 IMU sensors, the work tables with three different heights are equipped with a mechatronics machine for the D/A experiment. Common D/A motions are designed into the experiment. Several subjects are invited to execute the standardized operating procedure, with upper limbs used to collect data on operators' hand gestures and movements. Then, the measured data are applied to verify the performance measure functional best path of machine D/A. The results reveal that the system could effectively identify various D/A motions as well as observe operators' force difference and motion mode, which, through the theory of performance indicator optimization and the verification of data analysis, could provide a reference for the best path planning, D/A sequence, and work table height design in the machine D/A process. The optimal workbench height for a standing operator is 5 to 10 cm above their elbow height. Performing assembly and disassembly tasks at this optimal height can help the operator save between 14.3933% and 35.2579% of physical effort. Such outcomes could aid in D/A behavior monitoring in industry, worker training, and operational optimization, as well as expand the application to instant feedback design for automation and smartization in a smart factory.

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Gloves, ProtectiveWearable Electronic DevicesHumansdisassembly and assemblyinertial measurement unitoptimal pathoptimal work table heightperformance measure functionalsmart glovesthin-film force sensor

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PMID40942661
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