Development of a Smart Workstation by Using AR Technology

Abstract

A recent development in the area of digital manufacturing demands the manufacturing industry to adopt industry 4.0 technologies to be competitive in the global market. Product development processes are becoming complex as products are getting more versatile and product variations increase the trend of mass customization. Therefore, manufacturing processes need to be more systematic and well-organized to be economically competent and efficient at the same time. The application of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies may provide effective and innovative solutions in the manufacturing work environment. Especially, AR can help to speed up the assembly process by facilitating the assembly workers to assemble a product without involving into the detailed manual instructions. It may also use as a training aid for new workers to get familiar with the assembly process by visualization and provide easiness in the work. This paper aims to analyse the rationality of digitalization in the manufacturing by using AR technology for a pilot assembling workstation of a cooling unit. An approach to creating digital instructions application by AR was described and the relevance of the approach has shown through a case study.

GRAAL - Modeling and Prototyping a System for a Gamified Responsible Augmented Assembly Line

“…Each group of cities in a state (in this case, Minas Gerais) constitutes a level of the game. The female figure (5) represents the operator's avatar. The bracelet (2) is a customization item for this avatar.…”

“…A possible alternative to reduce human errors in assembly lines is the use of Augmented Reality (AR) as an auxiliary element to instruct the operator in the assembly process [5] [6].…”

Digital Assembly Assistance System in Industry 4.0 Era: A Case Study with Projected Augmented Reality

“…Värno et al (15) used AR to present the instructions to the assembly workers through a tablet. The parameters studied during the tests are the assembly time and the errors commited during the execution of the assembly tasks.…”