2nd ICAI 2022

International Conference on Automotive Industry 2022

Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic

2. Design procedure Based on the customer’s data, a workplace model is created in a virtual environment (Unity platform). This model corresponds to the design of a real workplace in the conceptual phase. The workplace in VR is prepared and adapted to allow changes within the spatial arrangement and layout, within the equipment used and its placement or within the working environment. This allows the use of VR in the design phase of the workplace, during which changes are usually made. One area of change is to adapt the workplace from an ergonomic point of view in order to reduce the difficulty of the work performed, improve working conditions, eliminate occupational disease risks and increase worker productivity. For this purpose, motion capture technology is used, which makes it possible to capture individual movements of the measured person using sensors placed on the body. As part of the measurement, the proband is dressed in Motion Capture technology. Figure 1 shows the preparation of the proband for measuring and fitting into the MoCap suit for the simulation in VR. Everything is connected to a powerful computer.

Figure 1: Preparation phase

Source: Authors, 2021 The measurement itself takes place on a virtual model of the real or future state of the workplace. Proband puts on a virtual reality headset, in which the process simulation is run. The Proband performs the individual operations and at the same time the values from the Motion Capture suit are recorded in the corresponding software.

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