{"id":2658,"date":"2024-01-23T12:46:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T12:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k3ylabs.com\/?p=2658"},"modified":"2024-01-23T12:46:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T12:46:54","slug":"incode-application-area-3-smart-worker-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k3ylabs.com\/el\/blog\/incode-application-area-3-smart-worker-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"INCODE – Application Area 3: Smart Worker Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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INCODE\u2019s<\/a> Application Area 3 aims to improve adaptive human-machine interaction in smart factories, while promoting healthy operators through the use of Edge-to-Cloud solutions. To achieve these goals, MADE Competence Center Industry 4.0<\/a>, together with Politecnico di Milano<\/a> is validating a Use Case (UC) that demonstrates how to reduce the fatigue and stress experienced by human operators during repetitive manual tasks.<\/p>\n

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Use Case and Application Scenario
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UC in Application Area 3 uses advanced technologies to increase the efficiency of human operators in manufacturing by modifying the working environment. These technologies include cobots <\/strong>that can perform tasks side-by-side with humans \u2013 without the need for dedicated spaces \u2013 wearable technologies <\/strong>equipped with sensors that measure the wearer\u2019s biometric parameters, and an exoskeleton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The UC will be implemented in a \u201chuman in the loop\u201d scenario, mirroring the work of a human operator performing a repetitive task<\/strong> involving the handling of material, equipped with an exoskeleton designed to relieve muscle effort. As soon as the sensors of the wearable device combine their variable in a fatigue-like situation, a cobot is re-instructed on the effective position where to deliver the goods to be moved, ensuring a safer handling by the operator and\/or an alert to the operator to use the exoskeleton.In this case, the production system is re-instructed to handle the fatigue-like situation by slowing down the production speed of the line until the operator\u2019s parameters return to the usual set or until the operator is replaced by the next shift\u2019s colleague.\u00a0It is important to note that the system only monitors the biometric parameters of the body, without being informed of the change of identity. Privacy issues are therefore mitigated, as no data is tagged with any parameter that could potentially be linked to a physical person.<\/p>\n

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