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What is Industrial Augmented Reality?

Explainer post for Industrial Augmented Reality at KIT-AR

While you might have heard about the term Augmented Reality (AR), which is a technology that enables operators to visualize digital content on top of the physical world, mostly through a lens of a smartphone/table/headset, the Industrial Augmented Reality Concept can be more complex.

And we, at KIT-AR, leverage AR to make several processes in the manufacturing industry more efficient, such as:

Assembly

It entails putting together several components of an equipment, making it functional. Even though nowadays several assembly operations are autonomous, some of them are really complex and require a flexible approach that only a human operators brings. The use of step-by-step AR instructions makes it easier for them to follow procedures and to avoid costly and timely consuming errors that have a severe impact in production lines.

Maintenance & Repair

Maintenance also serves as a natural application for AR because it requires keeping the user’s focus on a specific area. AR can help by displaying information, relevant data about an unfamiliar piece of an equipment and X-Ray like experiences that allow the operator to look inside the equipment or providing data from IoT tools, for instance.

Training

Training is also an increasing need in the manufacturing shopfloor. Today’s manufacturing industries are required to deliver custom products, which increases the complexity of the processes involved in manufacturing them. These processes are sometimes solved by an increasing number of great tools and technologies that are expanding the workers capabilities on the shopfloor.

But, due to these two reasons there is a lot more upskilling to be had on the manufacturing shopfloor and manufacturing industry all together. AR can help sort out the training and these new skills both through instructions and also through simulations. These can reduce the need of the worker to move away from it’s work station and overall the time-to-competence and the cost involved in training a new skill.

Quality Control & Inspection

Being able to visually recognize and pinpoint if parts are applied according to the norm is also a key scenario for AR in manufacturing. Even more, algorithms like our KIT-SMART, here at KIT-AR, help workers to do their job even better as they automatically allow them to confirm if parts are in place just by gazing at them and, if a defect is detected, then the instructions can be presented to allow for the corrections to be made.

Leveraging AR projects implies always a clear cost-benefit relationship that makes sense inside each companies context, so that’s why we invite you to do that exploration with us.

If you found this explainer video useful, make sure to check out our Resources page for more industry insights!

State of the Art in Enterprise Augmented Reality | Webinar

The use of Augmented Reality (AR) in industrial processes is slowly becoming more usual for many companies. However, there are still some main issues that are holding back Augmented Reality at an enterprise level.

With this webinar you can learn:

  • Why the lack of information and knowledge about immersive technologies is an issue for organizations
  • How full automation, won by eliminating people from production lines, is now out of the scope
  • How digital technologies, such as AR and Artificial intelligence (AI), can enhance the capabilities of human workers in more than one way

Together with António Almeida Almeida from INESC TEC, expert in R&D in manufacturing, we’re going to dig into these challenges and present practical solutions for them.

If you found this webinar useful, make sure to check out our Resources page for more industry insights!

Augmented Workers at Volkswagen Autoeuropa

Manufacturing human worker sees the next steps to his task on a blue rectangle that displays augmented reality instructions. It's an augmented worker because he is looking through AR.

The Digital Enhanced Operator (DEO) project is bringing Augmented Reality (AR) to Volkswagen’s Autoeuropa shopfloor with KIT-AR’s solution. The goal is to increase production quality while fewer errors are committed by the augmented workers.

DEO will be using KIT-AR’s solution to support production operations and quality control with step-by-step AR instructions viewed through HMDs (Head Mounted Displays). The goal is to research and successfully implement an AR industrial system to identify and guide workers through quality inspections in production lines, allowing them to more easily detect and report anomalies.

This project, coordinated by KIT-AR, INESC TEC and Volkswagen Autoeuropa, plans to draw new marks on the automotive industry.

DEO project is financed the Portugal 2020 programme and by the European Fund of Regional Development for the European Union, reaching a global budget superior to 830 thousand euros.

While you’re at it, take a look at our News page for more insights on KIT-AR!

Unlocking the Power of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Remake Manufacturing Podcast with Manuel Oliveira: unlocking the power of Artificial Intelligence
Remake Manufacturing Podcast with Manuel

Manuel Oliveira, KIT-AR’s CEO and co-founder, had the amazing opportunity to be a guest on the Remake Manufacturing Podcast, to discuss how Augmented Reality (AR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help improve the manufacturing industry.

As a company based on the United Kingdom (UK), Manuel Oliveira talks about the industry and its revival in the past couple of years. In the episode, you can also fully understand the pains and gains of a startup like KIT-AR, while the process of getting on the radar of big companies in the market is explained.

Listen here: Manuel Oliveira: Unlocking the power of artificial intelligence – ReMake Manufacturing | Podcast on Spotify

While you’re at it, take a look at our News page for more insights on KIT-AR!

How AI and AR are Enhancing Human Worker’s Capabilities | Webinar

Building a collaborative bridge between technology and human workers is much easier today due to the digital advancements. Augmented Reality (AR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help operators do their daily tasks with much more ease and guidance.

The threat that automation will take human workers jobs is slowly decreasing with the evolution of new technologies. The use of AR and AI in shopfloor procedures can enhance the workers capabilities, empowering them to do their jobs correctly.

Together with Christos Emmanouilidis, expert in Cyber-Physical systems at the University of Groningen, we will discuss how AI and AR are enhancing human worker’s capabilities. Check out our webinar!

If you found this webinar useful, make sure to check out our Resources page for more industry insights!

What is Industrial Augmented Reality? | Explainer

In the past few years, augmented reality (AR), has become more present in manufacturing companies. Industrial augmented reality (IAR) carries several benefits that help the cost-benefit relationship on the shopfloor.

The manufacturing industry can now become more efficient by using augmented reality in several processes, such as: Assembly, Maintenance & Repair, Training, Quality control & Inspection.

Dig into KIT-AR’s explainer video to discover the meaning of industrial augmented reality and how it can be practically applied on the shopfloor.

If you found this explainer video useful, make sure to check out our Resources page for more industry insights!

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