I3D solution is now even closer to the business and to customers. We are proud to announce our new feature for I3D industrial services application. Our I3D application user interface is now available in multiple languages.

Languages that are supported and user interface currently displays are English, German, French, Slovak, and Hungarian.

While we are fully aware that customer focuses on the business and not to IT support department, we integrated functionality that allows to modify languages in customers hands. This allows to manage wording of expressions, with opportunity to fully create new language pack.

Dokuwiki is the portal which explains the complexity of our I3D technology which improves productivity and transparency of human-centric industrial activities as: preventive maintenance, product assembly, quality assurance, construction works, work safety audits, work result analysis using artificial intelligence tools and VR/AR wearable.

New design of our portal together with detailed explanation creates the customer-friendly environment to help you understand the purpose of I3D Industrial Services. For more and detailed information please see our  I3D online help site.

(Pre slovenčinu prejdite nižšie)

ENGLISH: We are proud to announce our new activity – I3D webinar. First chapter will be discussed 2020/04/24 3pm CEST and discussion will be primarily held in Slovak language.

For more information please see here, where you can find google meet link, list of topics and presenters.

I3D webinar is organized thanks to teledom.online You can also find fresh new events published on teledom online facebook page.

We will be pleased to have you on I3D webinar.

Team I3D Industrial services

PO SLOVENSKY: Hrdo oznamujeme, že sme rozbehli novú aktivitu – I3D webinár. Prvú časť nášho webinára organizujeme 24.4.2020 o 15:00 a prezentácia aj diskusia bude primárne v slovenskom jazyku.

Pre viac informácií navštívte prosím túto stránku, kde nájdete odkaz na google meet, zoznam tém a prezentátorov.

I3D webinár organizujeme vďaka teledom.online. Najnovšie informácie ohľadom organizovaných eventov nájdete na facebookovej stránke teledomu online.

Budeme radi, ak sa zúčastníte nášho I3D webinára.

Tím I3D Industrial services

New I3D user interface aims to provide an improved user experience. The biggest change is a more intuitive UI that is adjusted and ready for gyroscope-based control. By moving his head worker can navigate through menu and select wanted options. Navigation menu and new icons are easier to understand and ready for multilingual usage.

Benefits of the new layout:

• Easier navigation for the worker
• Gyroscope-based control
• Redesigned and improved menu

Overall, new I3D user interface provides a better AR/VR work environment for the end user.

LET US DEVELOP NEW IDEAS ABOUT CLEVER COMPANY TOGETHER

Objective:  To identify new approaches and user-friendly platforms to create a plant knowledge base (the digital memory of a company) to which I3D service inputs and outputs will be recorded

Hackathon rules: Open invitation for proposers to present their ideas and Knowledge base prototypes on a CLEVER company based on the assignment specified in the Hackathon site: https://clever-factory.devpost.com/. To avoid learning of a specifics company, the test company will be a commonly known Conference centre (with training, hotel, restaurant services). Proposals submitted will be presented to an evaluation committee on 7-9 May 2020. First 3 proposal will be honoured, and proposers will be invited to next stage of I3D development.

Location: The venue is the TeleDom Conference centre located in Kosice, Slovakia. Accommodation is free for proposers submitting eligible proposals by end March 2020

Additional information: Registered Hackathon participants will receive the descriptions key of key TeleDom company facilities, resources and services for scoping their knowledge base model. We are glad to answer your questions here.

Nowadays each company manager can have a computer access with sophisticated research and advisory services on their desktops – only the most important ones producing values in physical space are neglected: the workers who are responsible to operate/interact with growing complexity of manufacturing facilities. Some of them have in best cases handies to scan barcodes or enter data.

But what about the workers obliged to carry out mission-critical operations? For example to open or shut-down a Central Gas Valve of a Power Plant. This process consists of very precise workflow consisting of 16 steps. The worker has to memorize the workflow or have a booklet to read in a windy place…. Any error in execution can lead to fatal consequences.

Another scenario: some equipments and facilities of the plant must be regularly checked and check/repair results reported. (Preventive maintenance, compliance checks). How can be the worker supported, if he needs the latest maintenance info of a new machine ? Or needs drawings, schemes, to inspect correctly the equipment or an electricity switch-box ? (with labels not updated)

A. The solutions today for both issues:

• The worker takes the risk and do the job up to his best knowledge and experience.
• Or Interrupts his work and searching advice from his supervisor who my seek advice from his supervisor …. To get the latest info resources about the equipment.
• High risk or drop of productivity
• In best case: paperwork to record the issues and on work reported
• Hectic knowledge-sharing: new worker has to learn form the experience of the old specialist-worker, if he is not sick just today – sometimes even 6 months and take the risk again

B. The ideal solution (Innovation need):

1. The specialist-worker wears smart-glasses under his helmet. In addition to the real plant scenario (layer 1) he sees the list of instruction to carry on (where and when) of the assigned work order.(layer 2).
2. He can select all information up-to-date needed for each instruction execution (downloaded or linked to smart-glass from company technology systems to the smart-glass or wifi synchronized) as: drawings, voice instructions, video clips, 3D animations, etc.
3. He can also report feedback (video, voice record, data, gesture control) on the result of instruction executed back to company database. Thus, the plant pays only for the instructions done with sufficient proof of evidence and history (and not for reported only)
4. Operational plant benefits: with good instruction knowledge-support new workers can take over the job in the absence of their colleagues. One worker can cover more routine works without any training. And also less qualified workers can do more qualified jobs using the smart-glasses.

C. Preconditions for this innovative industrial service need

1. The plant must specify and keep up-to-date the workflow and its instruction descriptions in a user-friendly work-instruction authoring platform suitable for non-programmer users: plant technologists, work safety instructor, shop-floor managers
2. the plant has to equip the specialist-workforce with augmented reality (AR) smart glasses and provide an initial training (1 day) on their use.

D. Current problems

C.1 Our 5 months research on currently available virtual and augmented reality authoring platforms and consultations with 12 providers ended up by December 2016 with conclusions: (1) None of the platforms are user-friendly (2) none of the platforms are open for online integration with an external the plant database.(3) None of the platforms are commercialised (off-the-shelve) – they require intensive assistance of the provider.

Thus, for majority of industrial plants in the EU the authoring platform ownership cost is high (mainly for SMEs) and highly dependent on external SW provider assistance in customisation.

C.2 Only one platform is promising but its license cost is high and restricted to use only a given type of smart-glasses with high price around 4000 euro.

E. Justification of the I3D industrial AR/VR project

The industrial need is relevant, promising significant impact on cost savings and on performance and quality increase of worker assisted processes.

The outline of I3D Service Architecture (scope) and the method of service selection criteria are outlined in the 2 slides attached. We welcome participation in various development and commercialisation modalities of this “Open Source” and vendor independent platform:

1. plants interested in participation of our pilot use cases (free). Currently two use-cases are in progress (Steel plant and Thermal plant)
2. software development companies with VR/AR  development expertise
3. ERASMUS Internships in our Luxembourg Development centre for university students and young graduates.

Industrial AR/VR work instruction service architecture (I3D) from tothattila

The first DIY implementation of the I3D by client.

After a short remote training session, and receiving the one-click-360°-camera, the client has created the spherical photos and transformed his own checklist to the I3D. Based on this checklist, a person not familiar with the environment can provide the safety check. Via smart devices it is possible to create evidence about the execution of the safety check and can be used in case of accident or insurance event.

Since the client has no AR smart device available, the workorders are executed on smart mobile phones.

The first pilot implementation of the I3D. The goal of this pilot project was to closely cooperate with potential end users, carefully listen their needs and requirements to provide a toolset, which will meet their actual and future needs.

During this pilot implementation, the yearly check of the safety shut-off mechanism has been transformed to I3D.

The workflow contains 9 steps and 33 actions.

Hotspots are displaying the exact place to which the action is related.

A pilot implementation of the I3D, in which we have veryfied the I3D toolset in close cooperation with the crane operators in a big steel plant.
The goal of this pilot project was to provide a tool, which will guarantee, that all of the safety check is executed properly and no important step is skiped in everyday operation.

The standard checklist has been transformed to the I3D structure and enriched with spherical photos. This makes available 2 type of usage:

• VR mode for preparation of new crane operators, where and what to check
• AR mode for interactive guidenance and creation of evidence. The crane operator is guided step-by-step and is submitting the good status of the checkpoints. In case of need, a set of good and bad examples are available to support to decide, if the actual status of the crane is in corespondence with the safety requirements.

In this checklist template, 13 steps and 72 actions has been created.

Hotspot displaying additional information is available for this action.

Hotspot content – set of good and bad examples to support the worker to decide, if the actual status is OK, or not.