COVID-19
How to keep operations running during times of social distancing and travel restrictions
COVID-19 is hitting industries hard. Social distancing and limited traveling possibilities are making tasks, that used to be easy to handle, very challenging to complete. During these times of isolation, the ability to give assistance remotely and provide instructions to less experienced colleagues becomes critically important, not to mention ensuring everyone’s safety.
Here at Augumenta we are doing our best to help you get through these difficult times:
- Take a look at our article about how AR and smartglasses can help keep things running.
- You can also read our article about Industry 4.0, where to start?
- And here’s some ideas on how our products are used to bridge the gap – both in distance and skills.
Remote collaboration
When you can’t travel and it is not possible to be in the same place as your colleagues and customers, smartglasses and remote support solutions help people in different locations continue working together. No matter whether you’re in the field or at the office.
SmartEyes: Nothing beats expert knowledge and experience. Live video calls with SmartEyes is as close as it gets to having the expert actually on the site. Deployable in hours, the solution provides real-time audio connections and visibility into tasks being worked on, with one or several remote experts providing valuable insights and guidance.
The solution scales up from basic calls and annotation features into full-scale visibility with IoT data and connectivity even in challenging conditions. What do you need to achieve successful remote assistance?
Worker Guidance
In situations where, instead of teams, solitary workers now need to handle tasks by themselves, guidance apps help improve the safety of people and information sharing within the organization.
SmartGuide: For scenarios where continuous remote assistance is not necessary but step-by-step guidance is still preferred, SmartGuide will provide instructions for workers to properly follow processes and help them get the job done. Automated progress reports with image and video attachments are available to remote experts in a snap. Live video calls can be made to remote experts as needed.
Safe control of machines
With the Covid-19 restrictions, access to data and controls to processes may suddenly be needed on the factory floor and in general outside the centralized control rooms. A virtual control panel is a secure and flexible way of making that happen.
SmartPanel: Our SmartPanel AR user interface allows contactless interaction with for example healthcare machines and other systems and as a smooth surface hygienic and easy to wipe clean. Both are critical requirements to fight the spread of germs and viruses.
Keeping people up-to-date
When control room accesses are limited and social distancing rules taken into use, how to make sure people scattered around the large industrial facilities stay up-to-date about critical process issues?
SmartAlert notifies people about upcoming issues, provides instructions, and enables calls to remote experts from the factory shop-floor.
How AR and wearables can help you keep operations running?
Let’s talk, we might have a solution for you, and if not, we’re happy to help you look for one.