Evaluation Framework for Virtual Training within Mixed-Mo del Manual Assembly

The low volume-high variety strategy of the companies increases the need for well-trained operators. The operators have a much larger cognitive load than before and their expertise must be kept up to date at any time. To solve this problem, efficient training programs must be maintained. A physical replica of the real setting to perform an assembly training is often a too large investment. Therefore, a virtual replica is introduced in many cases. This paper gives an overview of reported experiments on virtual training for manual assembly. All experiments are classified based on some key elements: the evaluation method, the interaction interface and product complexity. An evaluation framework is proposed to compare different virtual training systems. This benchmark will be used in future research to determine the industrial usability of virtual training approaches for manual assembly in mixed-model environments.