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SUMMARY:Augmenting the workforce with immersive interfaces: An overview of
   industrial augmented reality and its uses in aiding manual assembly
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Sławomir Tadeja (Department of Mechanical Engineeri
 ng\, MIT)\nAugmented reality (AR) is a type of immersive interface that al
 lows the placement of additional digital content within the user's field o
 f view (FoV). Thus\, when appropriately designed\, it may provide dedicate
 d on-the-job guidance and support the users in executing their tasks acros
 s various industrial contexts. By projecting spatial information and real-
 time guidance directly onto physical workpieces\, the AR interface may hel
 p to mitigate the mental effort required to translate 2D documentation int
 o real-world actions. In that context\, after providing a brief overview a
 nd introduction to AR\, the talk will outline empirical results from a dir
 ect comparison between immersive AR and more traditional industrial soluti
 ons that use touchscreen interfaces during manual assembly. The data indic
 ate that while traditional methods may feel familiar and are superior for 
 non-complex tasks\, AR-driven systems significantly improve performance on
  the shop floor by reducing the frequency of assembly errors and shortenin
 g the time required for complex assembly tasks. The talk will further offe
 r insights into the significant influence of the environment in which the 
 AR interface is deployed\, as well as discuss how users' biases shape the 
 utilization of AR enhanced with computer vision-based error detection duri
 ng the assembly process.\n\nDr. Slawomir Tadeja is a Postdoctoral Associat
 e with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Insti
 tute of Technology (MIT)\, where he researches learning technologies for m
 anufacturing education and workforce development. Broadly speaking\, his w
 ork focuses on human-oriented cyber-physical systems and human augmentatio
 n technologies\, such as extended reality (XR) interfaces\, exoskeletons\,
  and other wearables\, applied in various industrial contexts. He holds a 
 PhD from the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge\, where
  he also served as a Research Associate at the Institute for Manufacturing
  (IfM). He completed his undergraduate studies in Computer Science at the 
 Jagiellonian University and undertook various internships and work placeme
 nts\, including CERN and ESA. Among other awards\, this work received the 
 ISMAR 2024 Best Journal Paper Honorable Mention for AR deployment in indus
 trial settings. He is also the recipient of the Institute of Manufacturing
  (IfM) 2023 Postdoctoral Award for Excellence in Research and co-authored 
 the Most Impactful Poster at MERE 2026 at MIT MechE.\n\nhttps://events.ncb
 j.gov.pl/event/485/contributions/1960/
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SUMMARY:Discussion
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