Augmented Reality and Industry 4.0: From Aerospace to Automotives
An article this week puts Augmented Reality in the spotlight for the changes it is bringing to manufacturing in Aerospace and Automotives across the world. AR is not only increasingly being used on the factory floor but is revolutionizing it.
One of AREA’s members, Lockheed Martin has been used as an example of streamlining the manufacturing design phase and making operational efficiencies
At Lockheed Martin technicians can wear AR glasses that use cameras, depth and motion sensors to overlay images. This new method means vastly improved accuracy and speed. At their Collaborative Human Immersive Lab in Colorado, this technology is being used on a variety of spacecraft, including detailed virtual reality examination of the next Mars lander.
Augmented Reality technology is being used at many other manufacturing facilities around the world, as manufacturers begin to realise its potential for saving time and costs as well as accuracy and improved safety.
The manager of Lockheed Martin’s Collaborative Human Immersive Lab (CHIL) Darin Bolthouse says:
“I think virtual and Augmented Reality ply into this idea of industry 4.0 and automating and digitising how we do our work. So it’s the ability to more easily present complex sets of information to people. These technologies are tremendous.”