Interactive Digitally Supported Design of Human-Centric Workplaces in Learning Factories

Industrial workplaces must adapt to the worker to guarantee the sustainability proposed by the concept of Industry 5.0. This research aims at contributing to the human-centered development of processes based on an integrated framework supported by three pillars: design, assessment and modelling. Through the combination of manufacturing tools such as an ergonomically adapted value stream map, Digital Human Model simulation using ema Work Designer (emaWD), and collaborative design with Nvidia Omniverse, a case study was applied at the learning factory of the University of Twente. The employment of the framework allowed a systematic analysis of the process and gathered insights for triggering improvement cycles to balance the system’s performance and worker’s well-being.