FIVE: Industrial training through virtual reality technologies and expert systems

Training in industrial environments often requires the presence of a qualified instructor and the use of real machinery, with the costs and logistical complexity that this entails. FIVE met that need by reducing the resources required by remote training processes and by making it easier to absorb knowledge through immersion and personalized learning.

The objectives of the project were:

• To improve current industrial training systems, resolving the limitations of remote processes.
• To guide learners through training processes without the need for an on-site instructor.
• To analyze task execution in order to predict certification chances and assess the suitability of the content.

The areas around which FIVE was structured were:

• Virtual reality for machinery operation: an immersive simulator for training in the driving and safe handling of forklifts.
• Augmented reality for procedures: contextual guidance for learning the machine's daily maintenance protocol at the start of each shift.
• Services platform: recording and intelligent analysis of training data, with personalized feedback to each learner and gamification techniques.

CTIC's participation focused on research in augmented reality, virtual reality, and intelligent data analysis, through its computer vision and intelligent data analysis areas, within a consortium of companies made up of GAM, Seresco, Simbiosys, and Signal Software, among others.