Operator: Digital Transformation in Industry with a Focus on the Operator 4.0

We propose to develop tools for exposure data analysis in the workplace, building on the concepts of Positive Ergonomics, Operator 4.0 and on Job Quality Indices by Eurofound, by collecting and visualizing data on physical environment, work intensity, working time, social environment, skills and discretion, career prospects and earnings Technology components will be able to:

• Perform automatic monitoring of human movements and ubiquitous exposure, with subsequent detailed movement analysis and continuous monitoring of ideal work methods;
• Support mental wellbeing through self-reporting and individual visualizations for worker awareness, education and self-management;
• Support asset management (Digital Twin) through automated processes

The project´s aim is to approach the Industry 4.0 workplace holistically, but from the point of view of the workers, gathering and crossing quantitative and qualitative data, building a richer picture of the workers well-being and enabling better predictive models. We will continuously validate our solutions and build large data sets through continuous field work, ranging from short contact sessions during technical development, to long-term trials enabling impact assessment.

The outcome will be a product, in the form of a system of technologies focused on industrial production units which have gone or are going through digital transformation.

The Operator project aims to deliver an innovative framework to automatically collect quantitative and qualitative data at workplaces from manufacturing operators. A decision support system will be developed based on data collection (automatic – wearable sensors and semi-automatic – self reporting). It will do so under three perspectives, which are expected to contribute to benefits for both worker and employer: ergonomics, cognition and productivity.

Scientific Area	Digital Transformation in Manufacturing
Leading Institution	Carlos Oliveira Project Manager Zenithwings Catarina Pinto R&I Manager Zenithwings
Participating Institutions	Fraunhofer Portugal; UNL; Volkswagen Autoeuropa ; NST Apparel (Europe); Porto University; Minho University; ControlConsul
PT Research Team	From University of Minho Prof. Miguel Ângelo Carvalho From University of Porto Prof. Liliana Cunha	From Fraunhofer Portugal Duarte Folgado Ana Correia de Barros Waldir Moreira
	From Wolkswagen AutoEuropa Carlos Fujão Gisela Garcia Jacqueline Gaspar Natércia Domingues	From Controlconsul, Lda Carla Lopes
MIT PIs	Prof. Elazer R Edelman Harvard-MIT Biomedical Engineering Center (BMEC)
Duration	3 years
Begin date	01/03/2020
What the media says	News: – Jornal Público – Dinheiro Vivo – Security Magazine – Sapo Tek – Jornal de Negócios – Smart Planet
Project Website	http://operator-i40.com/