Orchestrating Human-Centered Design

Industrial automation based on cyber-physical systems technologies: Prototype implementations and challenges

“…Finally, in such industrial infrastructures, humans are seen as important stakeholders and CPS being human-centered technology plays a special role [38]. The interaction with humans can be achieved via the use of mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablets or, more recently, the wearable devices, that can act as the interface for a bidirectional communication.…”

From STEM to STEAM

“…Automation contributes positively to societal advancement, and we need to make a distinction between mature versus evolving technology, more specifically transient states that we have known during the twentieth century (see the discussion on maturity of technology and maturity of practice in [1]). During the twentieth century, we were building the means and looking for purposes.…”

“…The claims and viewpoints presented here are based on my 35-year experience, both in industry and academia, in the fields of mathematics, automatic control, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, human-computer interaction and aerospace engineering. While developing the human-centred design Master's and Ph.D. programs at FIT [1] and chairing the International Space University Team Project on "what space can contribute to global Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education" [2], I realized the needs for transforming current university education contents and setups towards learning thinking in our new highly interconnected world. University education should of course be based on strong background constructed during primary and secondary education.…”

“…In particular, the shift from the unidirectional show society to a virtual freely connected society requires new models where creativity (Arts 1 ) and STEM disciplines can be integrated. It appears that in many countries worldwide, young people are less interested in science and engineering careers, i.e., what is now 1 The polysemy of the term "Arts" may induce confusion. I use it here to denote disciplines that are mostly characterized by creativity such as graphical arts, music, dance, and humanities in general.…”

Intelligent products: The grace experience

“…The humans are important pieces in these systems, with human-centred technology playing a special role (Boy, 2012). The success of new manufacturing paradigms requires their inclusion in the automation loop, avoiding the errors exhibited of some past paradigms, e.g., CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing).…”