Investigating the Influence of Shape on the Assembly of an “Easy to Understand” Joint Cube Puzzle

EasyChair Preprint no. 696

Abstract

In this study, we discussed an approach for identifying influences on assembly efficiency by adding various shape options to a joint cube puzzle. This study conducted a two-part experiment, In Part 1, we compared the time duration, numbers of errors, and numbers of rotate actions on the assembly of three shape options of a cube puzzle. Part 2 mainly discussed the observations of mental error behavior comparisons on each shape option. The two parts of the experiment involved 12 participants in total. The results indicated that adding the numbers of axial symmetry or curve figures to the joint puzzle can reduce visual interference and improve assembly efficiency. Further, we found that the geometric shape option had a lower error rate, while the curve option was associated with less time spent.

Keyphrases: Cube Puzzle, spatial transformation, Wood Joint

@Booklet{EasyChair:696,
  author = {Peng Jiang and Thongthai Wongwichai and Sakeson Yanpanyanon and Takamitsu Tanaka},
  title = {Investigating the Influence of Shape on the Assembly of an “Easy to Understand” Joint Cube Puzzle},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint no. 696},
  doi = {10.29007/1rbm},
  year = {EasyChair, 2018}}