WAAT: A Workstation AR Authoring Tool for Industry 4.0

Pierre, Begout,; Duval, Thierry; Kubicki, Sébastien; Charbonnier, Bertrand; Bricard, Emmanuel

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-58468-9_22

Cited by 7 publications

(5 citation statements)

References 22 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Cortes et al [ 49 ] present a DT to teach industrial concepts such as the automation and programming of programmable logic controllers (PLC), industrial network traffic and modeling using system dynamics. Waat et al [ 50 ] propose a DT with AR capabilities using physical geometrical models. The goal is to train operators in factory assembly tasks.…”

Section: Digital Twin Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Design, Modeling and Implementation of Digital Twins

Segovia

García-Alfaro

2022

Sensors

160

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A Digital Twin (DT) is a set of computer-generated models that map a physical object into a virtual space. Both physical and virtual elements exchange information to monitor, simulate, predict, diagnose and control the state and behavior of the physical object within the virtual space. DTs supply a system with information and operating status, providing capabilities to create new business models. In this paper, we focus on the construction of DTs. More specifically, we focus on determining (methodologically) how to design, create and connect physical objects with their virtual counterpart. We explore the problem into several phases: from functional requirement selection and architecture planning to integration and verification of the final (digital) models. We address as well how physical components exchange real-time information with DTs, as well as experimental platforms to build DTs (including protocols and standards). We conclude with a discussion and open challenges.

show abstract

Section: Digital Twin Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Design, Modeling and Implementation of Digital Twins

Segovia

García-Alfaro

2022

Sensors

160

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…[33,34]). The gaming industry already uses this variety of placement options (such as Lone Echo [35] or Zenith [36]) as well as academic research [2,6,37,38]. In addition, Yang et al [4] explored collaborative sensemaking tasks for groups of users immersed in VR.…”

Section: Visualizing Informationmentioning

confidence: 99%

AR Presentation of Team Members’ Performance and Inner Status to Their Leader: A Comparative Study

Rinnert,

Walsh,

Fleury

et al. 2023

Applied Sciences

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Real-time and high-intensity teamwork management is complex, as team leaders must ensure good results while also considering the well-being of team members. Given that stress and other factors directly impact team members’ output volume and error rate, these team leaders must be aware of and manage team stress levels in combination with allocating new work. This paper examines methods for visualizing each team member’s status in mixed reality, which, combined with a simulated stress model for virtual team members, allows the team leader to take into account team members’ individual statuses when choosing whom to allocate work. Using simulated Augmented Reality in Virtual Reality, a user study was conducted where participants acted as team leaders, putting simulated team members under stress by allocating several required work tasks while also being able to review the stress and status of each team member. The results showed that providing Augmented Reality feedback on team members’ internal status increases the team’s overall performance, as team leaders can better allocate new work to reduce team members’ stress-related errors while maximizing output. Participants preferred having a graph representation for stress levels despite performing better with a text representation.

show abstract

“…This implies alternating between the use of a visualization device in AR to check the conformity of the 3D model (and the DT) compared to its PT, and the return to the modeling tool on the computer to make the necessary modifications. Note that it is possible to use existing frameworks for content creation for AR such as APRIL (Ledermann and Schmalstieg, 2005) or Vuforia 7 , but they are generally complex to use and require knowledge in computer science, XML for APRIL and C# for Vuforia (Bégout et al, 2020). The need to have knowledge of 3D modelling or computer development does not allow operators to carry out the placement, which is our main criteria to evaluate the different tools.…”

Section: D Authoring Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Augmented Reality Authoring of Digital Twins: Design, Implementation and Evaluation in an Industry 4.0 Context

Pierre

Kubicki

Bricard³

et al. 2022

Front. Virtual Real.

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper deals with Digital Twins (DTs) for Industry 4.0 factories, and their implementation in the context of a reconfigurable factory. This context implies a modification of the layout of the workstations during production, and thus requires a live update of the digital twins according to these modifications. We needed this update done by the operators directly on the workstations using an AR authoring tool. A literature review helped us to determine the criteria that a tool should fulfill in order to achieve this goal. The most important criteria are that the tool should be suitable for use by operators not trained in AR, that the learning curve should be short, and that it should be usable in a reconfigurable factory context. We created a DT containing all the necessary factory data and 3D models of the workstation interaction zones of a real assembly line. We then developed a tool enabling operators to match the DTs with their physical twin (PT) in AR, as well as to update their position in case of a reconfiguration. The experimentation we carried out confirms our analysis and shows us that it is possible to deploy a DT in a factory quite simply if the positioning of the DTs is done by direct manipulation (the 3D objects are co-located with the operator’s hand) with the help of an AR display device.

show abstract

WAAT: A Workstation AR Authoring Tool for Industry 4.0

Cited by 7 publications

References 22 publications

Design, Modeling and Implementation of Digital Twins

Design, Modeling and Implementation of Digital Twins

AR Presentation of Team Members’ Performance and Inner Status to Their Leader: A Comparative Study

Augmented Reality Authoring of Digital Twins: Design, Implementation and Evaluation in an Industry 4.0 Context

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About