• Common Educational Teleoperation Platform for Robotics Utilizing Digital Twins 

      Kaarlela, Tero; Arnarson, Halldor; Pitkäaho, Tomi; Shu, Beibei; Solvang, Bjørn; Pieskä, Sakari (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-18)
      The erratic modern world introduces challenges to all sectors of societies and potentially introduces additional inequality. One possibility to decrease the educational inequality is to provide remote access to facilities that enable learning and training. A similar approach of remote resource usage can be utilized in resource-poor situations where the required equipment is available at other premises. ...
    • Developing a Toolbox of supports for small and medium sized manufacturing companies 

      Moore, John; Loughran, Anne; McCusker, Edel; Solvang, Wei Deng; Sziebig, Gabor; Yu, Hao; Ericson, Åsa; Holmqvist, Johann; Wenngren, Johann; Pieskä, Sakari; Vahasoyrinki, Juoni; Kaartinen, Heidi (Konferansebidrag; Conference object, 2016)
      TARGET is a collaborative project involving a partnership of universities and institutes of higher education in UK, Ireland, Norway, Finland and Sweden. The project will develop tools to enhance capacity in regional manufacturing companies to adapt and embrace new technologies and innovation. This is to be done in collaboration with small/medium sized manufacturing engineering companies - developing, ...
    • Human-Robot Collaboration: Task Sharing Through Virtual Reality 

      Shu, Beibei; Sziebig, Gabor; Pieskä, Sakari (Peer reviewed; Book; Chapter, 2018-12-31)
      Collaborative Robots provide many possibilities, when it comes to Human-Robot Collaboration. Until now, these approaches are usually custom made, sensor-integrated solutions, where the robot's safety controller ensures the safety of the human worker. These solutions are according to today's rules and standards. We propose to extend these solutions with including Virtual Realty as a sensor and to ...
    • Technology Modules Providing Solutions for Agile Manufacturing 

      Deniša, Miha; Ude, Aleš; Simonič, Mihael; Kaarlela, Tero; Pitkäaho, Tomi; Pieskä, Sakari; Arents, Janis; Judvaitis, Janis; Ozols, Kaspars; Raj, Levente; Czmerk, András; Dianatfar, Morteza; Latokartano, Jyrki; Schmidt, Patrick Alexander; Mauersberger, Anton; Singer, Adrian; Arnarson, Halldor; Shu, Beibei; Dimosthenopoulos, Dimosthenis; Karagiannis, Panagiotis; Ahonen, Teemu-Pekka; Valjus, Veikko; Lanz, Minna (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-01)
      : In this paper, we address the most pressing challenges faced by the manufacturing sector, particularly the manufacturing of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), where the transition towards high-mix low-volume production and the availability of cost-effective solutions are crucial. To overcome these challenges, this paper presents 14 innovative solutions that can be utilized to support ...