Augmented Reality System to Assist in Manufacturing Processes

Abstract

This paper presents the initial results of a research project focused on bringing the Markerless Augmented Reality technology to the advance manufacturing sector. These initial results consist in a completely functional software system where a very simple use case is implemented to validate a set of base technologies. It has been implemented using a conventional camera without placing any markers to not modify the working environment and to not interfere with other industrial systems. Moreover, stability is a strong requirement to obtain a system that is actually useful in a manufacturing environment. Therefore, it is expected that an advanced version of this technology can be applied in an actual industrial use case in a short-to-medium term.