Human-Centric machinery installation process validation in VR with IC.IDO

In this video, we review in virtual reality component installation processes for a proposed off-highway vehicle. In VR, engineers can experience their products, from a first-person point of view, while performing an assembly process. Stakeholders from product, assembly process, service method planning and engineering benefit by experiencing aspects of manufacturing and maintenance that normally require physical parts, pilot assembly lines, and human operators. Virtual Reality build and maintenance reviews can be held far in advance of the availability of physical mock-ups of product and production or service environments.

Early in product development & engineering, Design for Manufacturability (DFM) or Design for Service accessibility (DFS) checks can be based on measurements of minimum space between static objects within an assembly. It is easy to overlook that components within a product do not automatically arrive in final position, but instead could be placed by human operators.

Simulation sequences based on key frame animation or on-screen puppeteering of digital human models are common. Motion Capture of human operators performing the assembly or maintenance task on physical mock-ups and prototypes is another way that enterprises review their product designs for safe and sustainable human-performed operations, assembly, or maintenance. Between these two methods there live significant gaps in quality of decisions made, as well as the costly passage of time.

Relying solely on commonly available engineering solutions may leave equipment and machinery OEMs without reliable predictions of how human operators can or will perform assembly or service procedures—unless they use solutions like ESI IC.IDO. In real-time an engineer can perform the assembly process, determine for themselves the viability of the proposed process, identify if product changes are required or if the procedure can be modified to mitigate their issues.

Leading enterprises have relied on IC.IDO for their human-centric process & product validations for years, facilitating consistent on-time and within budget production launches.