Enhancing aerospace Assembly-Integration-Testing (AIT) processes resorting to Augmented Reality (AR)- and Virtual Reality (VR)-based Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS).
| Componente | Categoria |
|---|---|
| Hassan Elahi | Dottorando/Assegnista/Specializzando componente non strutturato del gruppo di ricerca |
| Fabrizio Piergentili | Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca |
| Paolo Gaudenzi | Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca |
| Sofiane Atek | Dottorando/Assegnista/Specializzando componente non strutturato del gruppo di ricerca |
| Francesca De Luzi | Dottorando/Assegnista/Specializzando componente non strutturato del gruppo di ricerca |
| Massimo Mecella | Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca |
| Componente | Qualifica | Struttura | Categoria |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tommaso Ghidini | Head of Division | ESA's Structures, Mechanisms and Materials Division | Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca |
| Domenico Alvaro | Dean of Faculty / STITCH Director | Department of Translational and Precision Medicine / Sapienza's Information-Based Technology Innovation Center for Health (STITCH) | Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca |
| Carlo Catalano | Head of Department / STITCH Co-Founder | Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomopathological Sciences / Sapienza's Information-Based Technology Innovation Center for Health (STITCH) | Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca |
| Marco Eugeni | Cyber-Physical Systems Expert | Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca |
The main focus of the proposed research regards the development of innovative procedures rooted into Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies for implementation in the Assembly, Integration and Testing (AIT) process of aerospace systems, leading to the realization of a proof-of-concept. As a byproduct, the buildout of such capabilities is also envisioned to give room for promising collaborations and instrumental contributions in the field of Virtual Education (VE) and Virtual Medicine (VM).
The core of the proposed research is based on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing concepts. These novel paradigms have led a number of new commercial players to enter the aerospace industry, creating completely new business models and changing the rules of the game. This has posed a potential threat for the long-time industry players whose traditional production models start to be called into question. The adoption of new models in the organization of serial production activities has thus become essential for gaining efficiency and competitiveness. In this frame, the objective of the proposed research is to improve the aerospace systems end-to-end development process, reducing engineering lead time and budget resorting to innovative techniques in the field of AR and VR. This leads to realize a proof-of-concept of a VR/AR-based AIT aerospace process, preventing anomalies and failures and reducing inefficiencies in the concept-to-production path.
The proposed research is organic to ESA's efforts in promoting the design of aerospace systems towards production, integration and verification steps capable to feed relevant lessons learned from the late phases of production back to design. This challenge has proved particularly relevant in the field of satellites mega constellations which sees the current involvement of the components of this research [1].
[1] 'Smart Manufacturing for Future Constellations', ESA ITT AO/1-10002/19/NL/AR for Technology Development.