Innovative Technologies Enhancing Training, Skill Retention, and Situational Awareness
A recent visit by the RESILIENCE project‘s research group to Metallurgica San Marco on May 3rd showcased innovative technologies designed to streamline training, bolster skill retention, and heighten situational awareness.
Funded through PNRR by MUR (Ministry of University and Research), the group—comprising professors Chiara Sammarco and Antonio Padovano (University of Calabria), Andrea Lucchese (Polytechnic University of Bari), Ivan Ferretti (University of Brescia), and Valentina Di Pasquale (University of Salerno)—strives to enhance productivity at production sites and fortify workforce skills. This is especially crucial amidst an industrial shift from routine manual labor to a context marked by decreased seriality and increased diversity. Leveraging human-centered cyber-physical production systems (H-CPPS), companies are guided in identifying solutions to shorten training duration, enhance skill retention, and foster situational awareness.
The RESILIENCE project, prescriptive digital twins for cognitive-enriched competency development of workforce of the future in smart factories, integrates Digital Twin (DT) technology, Prescriptive Analysis (PsA), Building Information Modeling (BIM), and a structured online system dubbed the-Job Training (OJT). This heralds a new era in training methodology known as “training-on-the-go” or “prescriptive training”, aligning training closely with performance forecasts to minimize memory decay.
BIM and Digital Twin data generate digital training environments mirroring future operational scenarios. Complementing this, a structured OJT strategy capitalizes on learning and forgetting curves, integrating task complexity with worker attributes such as foundational knowledge, psychophysical disposition, personal skills, and task familiarity.
The comprehensive RESILIENCE platform undergoes testing within a small-scale industrial setting to evaluate its impact on worker training and conduct a cost-benefit analysis of integrating these innovative processes and technologies.
