Dipl.-Ing. Dominic GoreckyTU Kaiserslautern
Erasmus Intensive Programme
Human-Machine-InteractionExercise
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Introduction
Imagine a world without milk. No latté, no cappuccino, no croissants. No fresh milk, yoghurt, crème fraiche or butter. No cheese – no mozzarella, brie, pecorino or Stilton, no feta, chèvre, cheddar or Bavarian bleu. No ice cream, no pizza. How could we live a civilized life without milk?
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Your Task
Design of an user-interface for a robotic milking station
Your group –
an enterprise for user-interface design –
was engaged from a world leading
producer of farming machinery
to design the user-interface
for a brand-new robotic milking station.
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The Product – Analyses of the technology
At the first meeting with the company, you received an introduction into the
functioning of the robotic milking station.
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The Technical Specifications
Hardware:
• 1 x Touch-Panel for local interaction (15” on the machine)
• 1 x mobile device for mobile access to Information (Tablet or SmartPhone)
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Specifications
Two main components:– Milking robot– Milk tanks
Identified user groups :– Farmer– Service technician– Milk collector
Basic functions: – Status of the milking robot („Milking in Process“, „Waiting for Cow“, „Error“,
„Cleaning in Process“)– Status of the milk tanks (Amount of milk in the tanks, Cooling temperature)– Daily, weekly and monthly overview about the milk production– Timer for start and stop the milking robot– Error log– Adjustment of machine parameters (e.g. Cooling temperature, vacuum)– User authorization– Automatic cleaning of the milking robot– Pump-up the milk from the tanks
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1. Analysis: Understanding the users, their tasks and the context-of-use2. Structuring: Deduction of a single, harmonized task structure3. Design: Deduction of abstract & concrete UIs- Evaluation: Iterative testing of mock-ups/prototypes with users
Approach
Interviews/Specifications
Task Structure
Powerpoint Mock-up
Structuring Design Realisation