Industry increasingly moves towards digitally enabled 'smart factories' that utilise the internet
of things (IoT) to realise intelligent manufacturing concepts like predictive maintenance or …

Featured Application This article is focused on a literature review to provide a valuable
resource for understanding the latest developments in the Maintenance 4.0 approach. The …

Industrial augmented reality (IAR) is one of the key pillars of the industrial digitalisation
concepts, which connects workers with the physical world through overlaying digital …

Smart manufacturing supported by emerging Industry 4.0 technologies is a key driver to
realize mass product customizations. Augmented reality (AR) has been commonly applied to …

Over the past years, the topic of smart manufacturing has been in the focus of researchers
and manufacturing experts. Smart manufacturing describes the technology-driven ability to …

Maintenance of technical equipment in manufacturing is inevitable for sustained productivity
with minimal downtimes. Elimination of unscheduled interruptions as well as real-time …

The upcoming digital transformation is a present key challenge for companies.
Nevertheless, this key challenge is also a megatrend, which goes along with great …

Traditional virtual assembly methods have a high requirement in hand–eye coordination
because of the separation of feedback and operation regions. These methods are …

Constantly changing assembly tasks and reduced production cycles increase the risk of
cognitive stress of operators. A large number of digital assistance systems implemented in …

Cyber-physical systems and automation play a major role in Industry 4.0. However, due to its
flexibility and high responsiveness to short-term changes in the assembly of complex and …