Tailorable Remote Assistance with RemoteAssistKit: A Study of and Design Response to Remote Assistance in the Manufacturing Industry

In this paper we present our findings from interviewing manufacturing employees about their remote assistance practices and requirements to remote assistance technology. We found that their needs were rather heterogeneous regarding mobility, camera setups and location of guidance. We built the prototype RemoteAssistKit (RAK) as a design response to their heterogeneous needs. RAK is a tailorable remote assistance solution, where different mobility modes, camera setups and locations of guidance can be explored and interchanged using a graphical user interface. RAK thus moves some of the design responsibility from the designer to the users, who are empowered to tailor remote assistance to their needs and preferences.

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