Today, manufacturing industries are trying to improve their competitiveness by combining
manufacturing per se with information technology. Virtual reality is being used in product …

Currently people deal with various entities (such as hardware, software, buildings, spaces,
communities and other people), to meet specific goals while going about their everyday …

Assembly operations are a key component of modern manufacturing systems. Designing,
planning, and conducting assembly operations represent an important part of the cost of a …

Virtual learning environments can now be enriched not only with visual and auditory
information, but also with tactile and kinesthetic feedback. However, the way to successfully …

This paper presents and discusses the results of a future forecast study involving Higher
Education educators from the field of industrial design and neighbouring. Participants were …

Value stream mapping (VSM) assists in identifying opportunities for improvement by
revealing the inefficiencies in the current state. However, several difficulties appear while …

Robots play an important role in performing operations such as welding, drilling and
screwing parts in manufacturing. Optimizing the robot arm movement time between different …

Communication latency has been a significant barrier for many applications deployed in
various network domains over the last few years. Until now, Internet of Things (IoT) enabled …

Virtual museum systems have been shown to play a key role in enhancing visitor's
experience and increasing the accessibility of cultural artifacts. In this context, the use of …

Usability has come to play an important role in interface design. Product usability focus on
product ease of use first and foremost with consideration to users demographics, experience …