Automatic capturing and analysis of manual manufacturing processes with minimal setup effort
The ongoing development of industrial manufacturing towards more individualization and smaller lot sizes opens up a new range of challenges. Not only do the processes in the factories need adaptation, but the workers need more support as well. We showcase a system that is able to address both aspects: an instrumentation of a manual workplace provides direct feedback for planning engineers, while at the same time acquiring data that is helpful for giving the worker feedback. Within this demo we focus on bi manual picking and assembly processes observed by a lightweight optical recognition system enhanced by ultrasonic sensors, but also give an outlook on other possible modules.
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