Industry 4.0: Technological Innovation and Safety

Virtual & Augmented Reality for Industry 4.0

The use of Modeling & Simulation (M&S) and Virtual Reality (VR) allows to create 3D Prototypes of Plants, Skids, Machines, Equipment, Products and Processes and to test Virtually New Solutions.
This Virtual Simulation supports Engineering, Training & Management on the Virtual Worlds and enables developments of Augmented Reality (AR) applications to improve Safety, Effectiveness and Efficiency.
Safety, Productivity and Training are areas where these solutions could result Revolutionary, creating with M&S and VR the foundations of Industry 4.0
SISOM Project represents an execellence in this area having developed a set of First Solutions and experimentations in different industrial applications thanks to a strong cooperation among INAIL, IA University of Parma, MSC-LES University of Calabria, DIME University of Genoa, DEN University of Pisa, Simulation Team and Industrial Companies.

Industry 4.0 & Enabling Technologies

Few definitions to understand how Innovative Technologies enable the Industry 4.0 Paradigm:

• Industry 4.0: is the current Paradigm of Automation and Data Exchange in manufacturing leading to Smart Manufacturing; the idea is to combine concepts such as Cyber-Physical Systems, the Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Modeling and Simulation, Augment & Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Agents to create a common intuitive framework to control the Industrial Processes
• M&S: Modeling and Simulation use the computers to recreate real systems on computers and to experiment them within such virtual environment; this allow to conduct experiments and tests even before a new industrial system is realized and to conduct Virtual Prototyping as well as to develop Training Equipment and decision Support Systems (DSS)
• Virtual Reality: is the combined use of Computer Solutions to Immerse the user into a Virtual Framework; currently Virtual Reality is flexible in working over multiple platforms such as Smartphohes, Tablets, Laptops, PC and it could result into a simple 3D World over a Screen to a fully immersive solutions (e.g. CAVE, Head Mounted Display, Hololens) that include also sound, motion, vibrations, force feedback (e.g. motion platforms, data gloves)
• Augmented Reality: is a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world whose elements are augmented by additional information provided by computer programs; in this way it is possible to add data from Dbase and Sensors, Sound, Video, Graphics, 3D and/or GPS info.

The SISOM Project Partners

SISOM Project is sponsored by INAIL (Italian National Agency for Improving Safety on Work Places and Industries) and it is carried out by a pool of Research Centers in different Universities (i.e. MSC-LES University of Calabria, DIME University of Genoa, DEN University of Pisa ) coordinated by IA University of Parma.
The Technological Solutions using Artificial Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation, Augmented & Virtual Reality were created by MSC-LES UNICAL & DIME Genoa as members of the Simulation Team leader Network in M&S, VR and AR. Liophant was glad to offer patronage and support to promote SISOM as innovative initiative in M&S Community. The SISOM Solutions have been applied to Real Industrial Cases working with Leading Companies (e.g. CFT Group, Gruppo Fosber).

The SISOM Demonstration

SISOM Project produced Innovative Solutions applied to real industrial cases, these will be presented and demonstrated during the Coffee Breaks and Intervals at the SISOM Workshop. Indeed in the Exhibition Area, SISOM Partners and Simulation Team, Genoa University, MSC-LES and Cal-Tek (University spinoff from Calabria) will present new Solutions to the attendees. It will be possible to Test directly the different Innovative Solutions that use respectively Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Speech Recognition, AI and Immersive Technologies as they have been applied in real projects applied to different sectors including Manufacturing and Industrial Plants. This approach will guarantee to give the Attendees a real opportunity to See and Experience Personally the New Wolutions for Industry 4.0