TY - GEN
T1 - Iterative Design and Evaluation of a Low-Code Development Platform for Welding Robot Control
AU - Schenkenfelder, Bernhard
AU - Moser, Michael
AU - Pfeiffer, Michael
AU - Pichler, Josef
AU - Salomon, Christian
AU - Winterer, Mario
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023/9/15
Y1 - 2023/9/15
N2 - A Low-Code Development Platform (LCDP) enables people with little or no software development training to create software applications. Unlike traditional textual programming environments, it provides tools that are more natural to the users, such as visual programming. By raising the level of abstraction beyond code, an LCDP empowers those who need software to develop it, bridging the gap between the growing demand for industrial software and the ability to deliver it. In this paper, we present an iterative, user-centered approach for developing an LCDP for welding robot control that replaces a system based on the C programming language. Findings indicate that an iterative approach, active user participation, usability evaluations, and paper prototyping all favor the successful development of an industrial LCDP.
AB - A Low-Code Development Platform (LCDP) enables people with little or no software development training to create software applications. Unlike traditional textual programming environments, it provides tools that are more natural to the users, such as visual programming. By raising the level of abstraction beyond code, an LCDP empowers those who need software to develop it, bridging the gap between the growing demand for industrial software and the ability to deliver it. In this paper, we present an iterative, user-centered approach for developing an LCDP for welding robot control that replaces a system based on the C programming language. Findings indicate that an iterative approach, active user participation, usability evaluations, and paper prototyping all favor the successful development of an industrial LCDP.
KW - Training
KW - Visualization
KW - Welding
KW - Robot control
KW - Programming
KW - Software
KW - Iterative methods
KW - usability evaluation
KW - low-code development platform
KW - paper prototyping
KW - iterative development
KW - case study
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85175467730&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ETFA54631.2023.10275606
DO - 10.1109/ETFA54631.2023.10275606
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 979-8-3503-3992-5
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA
SP - 1
EP - 8
BT - 2023 IEEE 28th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2023
PB - IEEE
T2 - 2023 IEEE 28th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)
Y2 - 12 September 2023 through 15 September 2023
ER -