Virtual Machina (in short V-Machina) is a project funded by the EIT Manufacturing (EIT-M), which deals with the familiarization and training of students and practitioners working with industrial machinery and robots via Virtual Reality (VR).
Recipient of the EIT-M Success Story Award 2020
What is V-Machina?
V-Machina consists in the creation of a learning environment that allows users to get a direct, immersive experience with selected activities related to the manufacturing sector.
These experiences are monitored and designed around each user by tailoring the simulations to his/her very profile, taking care of physical and gender diversity, with particular attention to the identification of unsafe interactions and psychological status via activity recognition.
Benefits
Resilient M&R practices
Democratization of VR simulation
No gender and diversity discrimination
Behavioural, physiological, and well-being at work monitoring & analysis
Paradigm shifts in education
V-Machina will contribute to the manufacturing community and, more in general, to society by boosting three paradigmatic shifts in education.
LEARNING4ALL
Indicates the easy modelling of M&R by means of the instruments provided by the VME.
ACCESS4ALL
Points to the possibility of offering a tailored experience via the VME, without any gender and diversity discrimination.
FEELING4ALL
Encompasses the inclusion of emotions into the human-machine interaction, thus paving the way for an unprecedented virtual experience.