Smart picking with Pick-by-Vision and Pick-by-Voice

Smart Devices are used in picking as Pick-by-Vision or Pick-by-Voice for instructions to provide information on the item and storage location exactly when the order picker needs it. The factor of cognitive ergonomics is extremely important here: The information should be displayed in the same way as the person can best process it mentally in order to avoid frustration.

Employees from the Clan “Cognitive Ergonomics” of the Center of Excellence compare the performance of test participants in a simulated picking task in the laboratory. The test participants walk or stand on a treadmill, receive instructions for solving mental tasks via the headset or data glasses and react by pressing a button on joysticks.

What role does picking technology play in job satisfaction?

Healthy and satisfied employees are the key for a successful company. However, here is the question of how to get to this situation, especially in a modern working world with high time pressure and constant change. The Research Clan “Cognitive Ergonomics” of the Center of Excellence has conducted employee surveys in order picking in order to investigate different influencing factors on mental stress and satisfaction at the workplace – an important building block for the development of human-centered industry 4.0 solutions, which are the focus of the clan.