BFA Thesis from 2016
AURES | An exoskeletal arm for assembly workers
How can we relieve an assembly line worker from repetitive tasks without compromising on the workflow?
WHY?
The BFA thesis is a 10-week project where I had the chance to prove myself as a designer. Finding a problem, analysing it, find and create a solution and then execute it. I did this project in collaboration with Atlas Copco Industrial Technique.
OUTCOME
Aures is an intelligent assisting arm meaning that it will support the assembly line worker with the repetitive heavy tasks they perform every day. It follows all movements but carries out the heaviest loads. It also locks itself when tightening bolts to make sure that your wrists does not take the impact from the “kick back” -effect.
“Tools are always in the way when not in use making them a dangerous sharp hanging object in head height”
“All ergonomic aids are adapted to an average person making it hard for short and tall people to work comfortably”
AURES | Aures is an intelligent assisting arm for assembly line workers. It is designed to relieve the worker from heavy tool lifting and to hide the tools when the workers have other things to do. It is designed to be lightweight, flexible and friendly to the user to create a feeling of an extension of you own body.
RESULT Short animation showing the flexibility and movement of the arm.