MiE_25-27_RP13b: Cognitive augmentation of human capabilities for inclusive and socially sustainable manufacturing

    • The demographic evolution reinforces the need to continuously improve the well-being of factory workers and the attractiveness and inclusiveness of manufacturing workplaces.    Human-centred developments should also Increase overall factory throughput, energy efficiency, use of resources, etc...
    • Cognitive augmentation will be brought about by
      • shifting the focus to the people bringing value in manufacturing, including collaborative working environments
      • data engineering so that AI works for humans (who are in this case expert domains) and not the opposite.
      • advanced information sharing and personalised digital work instructions
      • advanced visualisation technologies at factory/machine/process level  
      • advanced data models, synthetic data generation and semantics
      • intuitive interaction with AI and data analytics technologies
    • Human augmentation goes beyond technologies , it is about increasing human impact and capabilities addressing organisational and management approaches.