DEFINITION:

Includes the enhancement of the role of people in manufacturing

OBJECTIVE:

Enhance human performance and operating excellence by providing workers with new tools and collaborative systems and interfaces.

(Source: SMART report, paragraph 4.1.6)

SUBDOMAINS:

1. Reducing the operator’s intervention during operations by using intermediate tool replacement systems and planning intervention sequences
2. Coexistence of robots integrated with manual processes
3. Concepts for smart use of IoT, virtual or augmented reality improving operations/process flow visualization systems
4. Assembly processes simulation for improved ergonomics
5. Enablers to support operator decisions based on advanced operator information systems
6. Training and educational hub for new key worker´s competences management and development