Robot gamification for improvement of operator performance
Methods and systems are provided for improving operator performance by robot gamification, the method including parking a robot at a pose location within a navigational space, identifying, by a sensor in electronic communication with an interactive display device, an operator located within a zone proximate the robot for acquiring an item to be picked, receiving, at the interactive display device, operator performance data associated with the acquiring of the item, and rendering, on the interactive display device in response to the received operator performance data, at least one graphic representation of operator achievement within a gamified performance tracking environment.
1. A method for improving operator performance by robot gamification comprising:
parking a robot at a pose location within a navigational space;
identifying, by a sensor in electronic communication with an interactive display device, an operator located within a zone proximate the robot for acquiring an item to be picked;
receiving, at the interactive display device, operator performance data associated with the acquiring of the item; and
rendering, on the interactive display device in response to the received operator performance data, at least one graphic representation of operator achievement within a gamified performance tracking environment; wherein the operator achievement includes at least one of a predefined number of units picked by the operator, a predefined pick rate of the operator, a predefined number of units picked within the navigational space, a predefined aggregated pick rate within the navigational space, or a predefined number of units picked without scanning an erroneous unit.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of identifying further comprises:
reading, by the sensor, an ID tag of the operator.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the ID tag is at least one of a passive RFID tag, an active RFID tag, a Bluetooth transceiver, or a near field communications (NFC) beacon.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the sensor is at least one of an RFID reader, a Bluetooth transceiver, or a NFC transceiver.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of identifying further comprises:
capturing, by the sensor, a facial image of the operator; and
comparing the captured facial image to an image recognition database.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the sensor is at least one of a digital camera, a digital video camera, an image sensor, a charge coupled device (CCD), or a CMOS sensor.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of identifying further comprises:
capturing, by the sensor, at least one of a voiceprint of the operator, a retinal pattern of the operator, or a fingerprint pattern of the operator; and
comparing the captured at least one of a voiceprint of the operator, a retinal pattern of the operator, or a fingerprint pattern of the operator to a corresponding user identification database.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is at least one of an imaging device, a camera, a video camera, an audio sensor, a retinal scanner, a fingerprint scanner, an infrared scanner, a barcode scanner, or a RFID reader.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one graphic representation comprises at least one badge.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one graphic representation comprises at least one performance meter.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the performance meter is at least one of a virtual dial meter, a color coded illumination area, a segmented bar meter, or a solid bar meter.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of rendering further comprises:
displaying at least one ranking chart on the interactive display device.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the ranking chart is configured to indicate performance of the operator relative to one or more other operators with respect to a competitive metric.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the competitive metric includes at least one of fastest average time between pick tasks, fastest average time to complete a pick task, pick rate, consecutive days of operator attendance, consecutive units picked without scanning an erroneous item, or most robots interacted with in a day.
15. A system for improving operator performance by robot gamification comprising:
a robot parked at a pose location within a navigational space;
an interactive display device in electronic communication with the robot; and
a sensor in electronic communication with the interactive display device,
wherein the interactive display device includes:
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the interactive display device to:
identify an operator located within a zone proximate the robot for acquiring an item to be picked;
receive operator performance data associated with the acquiring of the item; and
render, on the interactive display device in response to the received operator performance data, at least one graphic representation of operator achievement within a gamified performance tracking environment; wherein the operator achievement includes at least one of a predefined number of units picked by the operator, a predefined pick rate of the operator, a predefined number of units picked within the navigational space, a predefined aggregated pick rate within the navigational space, or a predefined number of units picked without scanning an erroneous unit.