This study analyzes the work domain of position teaching in terms of means-end relations for the purpose of developing a practical support tool for human workers engaged in industrial robot teaching. A mechanical explanation model is introduced into the analysis to capture the force-displacement relationship inherent in and informative on the work system. The resulting models are used for the a...

Identifying information requirements is a well-understood activity, but the practice of converting data into visual form based on these requirements is less defined. The Ecological Interface Design (EID) framework attempts to bridge this design gap by offering a set of visual design principles. While these principles supply high-level goals to be achieved by the display, they do not describe th...

iJOE International Journal of Online Engineering www.i-joe.org 1 Abstract—Most of human-machine interfaces (HMIs) for process control disseminated in the industry are mostly technique-oriented and don't reflect operators' needs. This approach tries to compensate this lack through offering useroriented interfaces characterized as cognitive-compatible. If HMIs have to be cognitive-compatible, the...

Anti-collision at sea is technically difficult to realize as it involves the complex interaction between human navigators, ships and surrounding topographical environment. Collision avoidance should be conducted by human navigators. This paper proposes a way to graphically present relevant information for collision avoidance to help the human navigators’ decision making. The display can provide...

Ecological interface design (EID) has shown success as an approach for interface design in the case of a process control microworld. However, in applying the EID approach to larger systems, questions arise as how to support the navigation and integration of abstract information. In this study, three ecological displays were developed for a simulated power plant from the same abstraction hierarc...

Generating graphical displays for complex systems is a difficult task. The Ecological Interface Design framework provides guidelines for work domain analysis and visual design; however the visual design principles are quite abstract and sometimes difficult to apply. In a companion article, we propose a visual design methodology that extends ecological interface design and provides a structured ...

Prior research examined how controllers plan in their traditional environment and identified various information uncertainties as detriments to planning. A planning aid was designed to reduce this uncertainty by perceptually representing important constraints. This included integrating spatial information on the radar screen with discrete information (planned sequences of air traffic). Previous...