Industrial Augmented Reality - Innovative operator assistance in collaboration with Augmented Reality

摘要

Plant operators are being forced to handle more advanced and complicated systems with fewer people because of the aging workforce problem. This problem has become a worldwide epidemic and has been inducing critical accidents caused by human errors. Yokogawa has been evaluating a series of Proof of Concepts (PoC) for new operator assistance systems. In particular, the concepts applying Augmented Reality (AR) technology have been highly anticipated by the customers, as AR enhances operator's visual perception, which is the most relied upon of the five human senses. This paper introduces Yokogawa's new operator assistance concepts, based on human-centered design and AR, as well as introducing activities for launching the products, and solutions for achieving above stated goals.