@incollection{BergerMadsen, author = {Berger, Ulrich and Madsen, Ole}, title = {Introduction to Part 2 - Transformation of SMEs Toards Smart Production}, series = {The Future of Smart Production for SMEs: A Methodological and Practical Approach Towards Digitalization in SMEs}, booktitle = {The Future of Smart Production for SMEs: A Methodological and Practical Approach Towards Digitalization in SMEs}, editor = {Madsen, Ole and Berger, Ulrich and M{\o}ller, Charles and Heidemann Lassen, Astrid and Vejrum W{\ae}hrens, Brian}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-031-15428-7}, pages = {69 -- 75}, abstract = {This chapter will introduce the second part of the book. This part contains a collection of chapters aimed at supporting the SMEs in the transformation toward the Smart Production vision. In this part, different approaches are presented, which can assist SMEs in the formulation of a smart production vision and in the identification and prioritization of relevant initiatives, guiding the outline of a project roadmap. Furthermore, the part will introduce different regional innovation platforms in Denmark and Germany which support the SME transformations. Finally, it will be discussed how subscription-based methods could be used by SMEs to cut upfront investments and reduce requirements for digital competencies.}, language = {en} } @incollection{Lehmann, author = {Lehmann, Marlon Antonin}, title = {Intelligent Assistance Systems for Assembly Tasks}, series = {The Future of Smart Production for SMEs: A Methodological and Practical Approach Towards Digitalization in SMEs}, booktitle = {The Future of Smart Production for SMEs: A Methodological and Practical Approach Towards Digitalization in SMEs}, editor = {Madsen, Ole and Berger, Ulrich and M{\o}ller, Charles and Heidemann Lassen, Astrid and Vejrum W{\ae}hrens, Brian and Shou, Casper}, edition = {1. Auflage}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-031-15427-0}, pages = {203 -- 211}, abstract = {Intelligent Assistance Systems are a key technology for solving the problem of today's quickly changing product configurations and the corresponding production requirements focusing on human needs. A recent study among industrial German companies identifies higher productivity, process control, quality, and cost-effectiveness as the main potentials of assistance technologies by reducing the worker's cognitive load. Choosing the right combination of assistance technologies such as augmented reality, virtual reality, machine learning, and their functionalities like learning capabilities, situation awareness, and assembly activity recognition remain essential for their success. This chapter presents an assistance systems overview, focusing on assistance technologies, for application at production sites. Furthermore, an example of a gesture recognition-based assistance system is given, showing the benefits arising from today's advanced assistance technologies.}, language = {en} } @incollection{BilousPorschSpanoudakis, author = {Bilous, Vadym and Porsch, Ronny and Spanoudakis, Konstantinos}, title = {Augmented Reality: Increasing Availability and Its Implication for SMEs}, series = {The Future of Smart Production for SMEs: A Methodological and Practical Approach Towards Digitalization in SMEs}, booktitle = {The Future of Smart Production for SMEs: A Methodological and Practical Approach Towards Digitalization in SMEs}, editor = {Madsen, Ole and Berger, Ulrich and M{\o}ller, Charles and Heidemann Lassen, Astrid and Vejrum W{\ae}hrens, Brian and Shou, Casper}, edition = {1. Auflage}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-031-15427-0}, pages = {349 -- 356}, abstract = {The Augmented reality (AR) technologies have been first discovered in the third quarter of the twentieth century. However, the wider development of them has taken place only in the last two decades. By now, the research has shown that AR can be used in various areas of human activity. In industry, AR simplifies humanmachine communication and improves human-machine interfaces (HMI) for fast and feedback-provided retrieval of training/guidance information for operation pattern study, error correction, machine maintenance, assembly assistance, etc. In spite of that, the broad practical implementation of AR in industry, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has faced considerable problems. As a result, the following controversy emerged: the comprehensive study of AR is combined with a rather narrow practical use primarily for advertising and demonstration tasks. This chapter attempts not only to overview the current state of AR in the industry, but also demonstrate the current challenges the AR is facing, as well as to analyse their respective causes and suggest solution ideas. It is also intended to assess the prospects for further development of AR and its continued integration into the industry. For this purpose, several examples of AR projects, their development, practical use and upgrading (performed by the authors of this study as well) are presented.}, language = {en} } @incollection{ReheVoeklerSchneider, author = {Rehe, Grit and V{\"o}kler, Sascha and Schneider, Robert}, title = {Qualification in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises as the Key Driver for a Digitalized Economy}, series = {The Future of Smart Production for SMEs: A Methodological and Practical Approach Towards Digitalization in SMEs}, booktitle = {The Future of Smart Production for SMEs: A Methodological and Practical Approach Towards Digitalization in SMEs}, editor = {Madsen, Ole and Berger, Ulrich and M{\o}ller, Charles and Heidemann Lassen, Astrid and Vejrum W{\ae}hrens, Brian and Shou, Casper}, edition = {1. Auflage}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-031-15427-0}, pages = {405 -- 419}, abstract = {Transformation processes towards a smart production reshape the way we work. Digitalization and the application of new technologies lead to additional interfaces between man and machine and thus, result in a tremendous change of employment, work environment and workforce qualification. This in turn means, to take full advantage of digitalization employees at all levels and sectors have to be evolved in the transformation process and need to be skilled for the upcoming challenges. To meet this need for qualification and to sensitize especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to the matter of digitalization, the Competence Center Cottbus was founded. Through a four-step approach, the Center addresses SMEs at all digitalization levels, from beginners to innovators. The central instrument for the Centers' work is the self-developed LTA-FIT qualification concept. This concept is designed to impart the required knowledge and competences in accordance with the distinct qualification level of SMEs and their employees.}, language = {en} } @misc{GebauerTangour, author = {Gebauer, Marc and Tangour, Cyrine}, title = {Resilience to Pandemics through Flexibility in Sourcing, in Order Fulfillment and in Production Capacity of the Automotive Supply Chain}, series = {Advances in Automotive Production Technology - Towards Software-Defined Manufacturing and Resilient Supply Chains}, journal = {Advances in Automotive Production Technology - Towards Software-Defined Manufacturing and Resilient Supply Chains}, publisher = {Springer Cham}, isbn = {978-3-031-27932-4}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-27933-1_34}, language = {en} } @incollection{PorschLehmann, author = {Porsch, Ronny and Lehmann, Marlon Antonin}, title = {Evaluation of Marker-Based AR-Tracking with Vuforia in the Context of Rail Vehicle Maintenance}, series = {Advances in Information and Communication - Proceedings of the 2023 Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC)}, booktitle = {Advances in Information and Communication - Proceedings of the 2023 Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC)}, publisher = {Springer, Cham}, address = {San Francisco, CA, USA}, isbn = {978-3-031-28076-4}, issn = {2367-3370}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-28076-4_7}, pages = {65 -- 71}, abstract = {Maintenance and repair jobs present a multitude of challenges. Digital assistance systems (DAS) can be used to support workers in tackling these challenges. One way of achieving this is by using a tablet with AR-technology to display necessary information seemingly in the real world. In order to place information at the correct positions, the DAS needs to know exactly where it is currently located. Multiple approaches are available to achieve this. One of those approaches is to use a marker which is placed somewhere in the real world as an anchor point for the system. In the context of rail vehicle maintenance, the workspace is inherently large with rail wagons having lengths of more than 10 m. This means that a marker that is placed somewhere on the wagon will not always be in the field of view of the DAS's camera, resulting in a possible reduction of the precision with which virtual objects can be displayed. This paper examines the viability of the marker-based approach under realistic circumstances. It was found that with a distance of multiple meters between marker and a spot that is to be highlighted, the precision will decrease significantly.}, language = {en} } @misc{AssafoStaedterMeiseletal., author = {Assafo, Maryam and St{\"a}dter, Jost Philipp and Meisel, Tenia and Langend{\"o}rfer, Peter}, title = {On the Stability and Homogeneous Ensemble of Feature Selection for Predictive Maintenance: A Classification Application for Tool Condition Monitoring in Milling}, series = {Sensors}, volume = {23}, journal = {Sensors}, number = {9}, issn = {1424-8220}, doi = {10.3390/s23094461}, abstract = {Feature selection (FS) represents an essential step for many machine learning-based predictive maintenance (PdM) applications, including various industrial processes, components, and monitoring tasks. The selected features not only serve as inputs to the learning models but also can influence further decisions and analysis, e.g., sensor selection and understandability of the PdM system. Hence, before deploying the PdM system, it is crucial to examine the reproducibility and robustness of the selected features under variations in the input data. This is particularly critical for real-world datasets with a low sample-to-dimension ratio (SDR). However, to the best of our knowledge, stability of the FS methods under data variations has not been considered yet in the field of PdM. This paper addresses this issue with an application to tool condition monitoring in milling, where classifiers based on support vector machines and random forest were employed. We used a five-fold cross-validation to evaluate three popular filter-based FS methods, namely Fisher score, minimum redundancy maximum relevance (mRMR), and ReliefF, in terms of both stability and macro-F1. Further, for each method, we investigated the impact of the homogeneous FS ensemble on both performance indicators. To gain broad insights, we used four (2:2) milling datasets obtained from our experiments and NASA's repository, which differ in the operating conditions, sensors, SDR, number of classes, etc. For each dataset, the study was conducted for two individual sensors and their fusion. Among the conclusions: (1) Different FS methods can yield comparable macro-F1 yet considerably different FS stability values. (2) Fisher score (single and/or ensemble) is superior in most of the cases. (3) mRMR's stability is overall the lowest, the most variable over different settings (e.g., sensor(s), subset cardinality), and the one that benefits the most from the ensemble.}, language = {en} } @misc{BilousSarachuk, author = {Bilous, Vadym and Sarachuk, Kirill}, title = {Are SMEs Ready for AI Embedded Mobile Robots?}, series = {Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies}, volume = {111 / 2023}, journal = {Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies}, publisher = {IHIET 2023}, doi = {10.54941/ahfe1004035}, pages = {285 -- 296}, abstract = {The introduction of both mobile robots (MR) and AI-embedded mobile robots (AIMR) into the industry is very slow compared to other types of industrial robots (IR) and automation systems. Many scientific articles and studies are focused on the programming and design of MR. At the same time, integration issues, topical problems and related obstacles are almost entirely absent from the scientific literature. The authors of this paper acknowledge that the complete analysis of this area is a very challenging task. Therefore, for the purposes of this study, we focus on the local problem of analysing the introduction of MR and AIMR in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The authors offer the analysis of the current challenges and trends in the introduction of mobile robots into SMEs. They also propose solutions to these problems based on their own as well as external experience in the design, programming and implementation of mobile robots.}, language = {en} } @misc{BilousSarachuk, author = {Bilous, Vadym and Sarachuk, Kirill}, title = {Can small and medium enterprises benefit from AR technology? Current challenges and trends}, series = {Human Interaction \& Emerging Technologies}, volume = {111 / 2023}, journal = {Human Interaction \& Emerging Technologies}, publisher = {IHIET 2023}, doi = {10.54941/ahfe1004040}, pages = {333 -- 348}, abstract = {Albeit augmented reality (AR) technologies first have been discovered in the third quarter of the 20th century, their widespread use began just two decades ago. Existing paper trails show that AR has a wide range of industrial application: it simplifies human-machine communication, improves human-machine interfaces (HMI) for quick information exchange in training (including feedback to study the workflow), correction of errors, machine maintenance, assembly assistance etc. However, broader industrial acceptance of AR, prior to all by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), recently faced considerable problems and the expansion of AR solutions does not match the high potential it has demonstrated. That results in a limited practical use, mainly for demonstration and advertising purposes. This short review is to present the state of the art of the industry, challenges that SMEs face in adopting AR technologies, and several practical examples of a (commercial) adoption of AR. Some prospects for further development of AR and its ongoing integration into industry are briefly discussed in the summary.}, language = {en} } @misc{ArnoukBehmBorck, author = {Arnouk, Annamria and Behm, Martin and Borck, Christian}, title = {Architecture for digital twins in manual assembly within the industrial metaverse}, series = {Automation, Robotics \& Communications for Industry 4.0/5.0 : proceedings of the 6th Winter IFSA Conference on Automation, Robotics \& Communications for Industry 4.0/5.0/6.0 (ARCI' 2026)}, journal = {Automation, Robotics \& Communications for Industry 4.0/5.0 : proceedings of the 6th Winter IFSA Conference on Automation, Robotics \& Communications for Industry 4.0/5.0/6.0 (ARCI' 2026)}, editor = {Yurish, Sergey Y}, publisher = {IFSA Publishing, S. L.}, address = {Barcelona, Spain}, isbn = {978-84-09-82030-6}, issn = {2938-4796}, doi = {10.13140/RG.2.2.34764.27526}, pages = {5 -- 12}, abstract = {This paper presents a modular digital twin framework tailored for manual assembly processes within the broader context of the industrial metaverse. Leveraging the NVIDIA Omniverse ecosystem and the Universal Scene Description (USD) format, the architecture unifies design and operational data through sensor-driven inference and real-time extended reality (XR) feedback. The focus is placed on integrating a part of a worker guidance system for detecting assembly actions, defining and controlling USD SubLayers for up-to-date representations of the assembly state, enabling adaptive operator support and establishing closed-loop systems to enable continuous process optimization. The study lays a foundation for scalable deployment across high-variability production environments.}, language = {de} }