title: The warning glove - development and evaluation of a multimodal action-specific warning prototype.
abstract: This paper has two objectives: first, to introduce the concept of multimodal action-specific warnings and its prototypic realization in the form of a warning glove and second, to present the main findings of a user study that was conducted to test the warning glove against a conventional warning system. Regarding the first goal, the combination of multimodality and action-specificity was implemented by attaching electronic actuators on a right-handed glove for transmitting visual, auditory and tactile feedback. For the second objective, a user study was conducted to test the hypothesis that the warning glove is capable of obtaining faster responses and to determine the perceptions of the users regarding the appropriateness of the warning glove. The results confirmed the assumption of faster response times and participants perceived the warning glove to be 'fairly appropriate'. These results warrant further development of this multimodal action-specific warning glove.
authors.affiliation: Technische Universität Berlin, Department of Psychology and Ergonomics, Chair of Human-Machine Systems, Marchstr. 23, Office MAR 3-1, 10587 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: ulrike.schmuntzsch@mms.tu-berlin.de.
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schmuntzsch
authors.affiliation: Technische Universität Berlin, Department of Psychology and Ergonomics, Chair of Human-Machine Systems, Marchstr. 23, Office MAR 3-1, 10587 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sturm
authors.affiliation: Technische Universität Berlin, Department of Psychology and Ergonomics, Chair of Human-Machine Systems, Marchstr. 23, Office MAR 3-1, 10587 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roetting
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception; D005260:Female; D017575:Gloves, Protective; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016272:Occupational Health; D011930:Reaction Time; D017010:Reminder Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055698:Touch Perception; D014796:Visual Perception
keywords: Maintenance errors; Multimodal warnings; Wearable technology