Collaborative Augmented Digital Twin: A Novel Open-Source Augmented Reality Solution for Training and Maintenance Processes in the Shipyard of the Future
| Autor: | Paula Fraga-Lamas, Miguel Vilar-Montesinos, Oscar Blanco-Novoa, Tiago M. Fernández-Caramés, Aida Vidal-Balea |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | RUC. Repositorio da Universidade da Coruña instname |
| Popis: | Presented at the 4th XoveTIC Conference, A Coruña, Spain, 7–8 October 2021. [Abstract] Large companies use a lot of resources on workshop operator training and industrial machinery maintenance since the lack of this practice or its poor implementation increases the cost and risks of operating and handling sensitive and/or hazardous machinery. Industrial Augmented Reality (IAR), a major technology in the Industry 4.0 paradigm that may enhance worker performance, minimize hazards and improve manufacturing processes, could be beneficial in this situation. This paper presents an IAR solution that allows for visualizing and interacting with the digital twin of a critical system. Specifically, the augmented digital twin of an industrial cooler was developed. The proposed IAR system provides a dynamic way to perform operator training with a full-size model of the actual equipment and to provide step-by-step guidance so that maintenance processes can be performed more safely and efficiently. The proposed system also allows several users to use devices at the same time, creating a new type of collaborative interaction by viewing the model in the same place and state. Performance tests with many simultaneous users have been conducted, with response latency being measured as the number of connected users grows. Furthermore, the suggested IAR system has been thoroughly tested in a real-world industrial environment. This work was supported by the Plant Information and Augmented Reality research line of the Navantia-UDC Joint Research Unit (IN853B-2018/02). The authors would like to thank CITIC for its support. CITIC, a research center accredited by Galician University System, is funded by “Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Universidades from Xunta de Galicia”, with 80% of funds coming from ERDF Funds, ERDF Operational Programme Galicia 2014-2020, and the remaining 20% from “Secretaría Xeral de Universidades” (Grant ED431G 2019/01). Xunta de Galicia; IN853B-2018/02 Xunta de Galicia; ED431G 2019/01 |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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