AktiMeter Industrial – AI-based activity analysis for manual assembly

What is the AktiMeter Industrial used for?

Manual assembly remains essential wherever products are complex, production volumes are small, or processes involve a wide variety of variations. At the same time, while extensive machine and production data is often available, information on how tasks are actually performed is frequently lacking. The AktiMeter Industrial bridges this gap by structuring observable manual work steps and making them analyzable.

Automated process documentation and assembly step recognition: Structured descriptions can be generated from recognized activities, object interactions, and temporal sequences. This supports the documentation of existing processes, the comparison of target and actual conditions, the creation of training materials, and the analysis of different process variants.

Error and Deviation Detection, Assistance, and Ergonomics: In conjunction with a workstation-specific process model, the system can detect defined, sensor-observable deviations – such as omitted steps, incorrect sequences, or interactions with an unsuitable tool or component. Real-time data can support experimental assistance systems; offline search facilitates the analysis of long recordings. Pose and motion data also serve as the basis for ergonomic studies.

Who benefits from AktiMeter Industrial?

• Manufacturing and process engineering: Analyze real-world workflows and variants; identify bottlenecks, repetitions, and opportunities for optimization.
• Automotive manufacturers and suppliers: Examine complex assembly, rework, and inspection processes involving numerous tools, components, and product variants.
• SMEs as well as small-batch and variant manufacturers: Develop data-driven support for high-mix/low-volume processes without requiring full automation.
• Developers of assistance, quality, and training systems: Use activity, step, and context information for situation-specific instructions, error notifications, documentation, and knowledge transfer.
• Ergonomics and human factors teams: Capture posture and movement information for workplace studies and the assessment of physically demanding or repetitive tasks.
• Research and project partners: Use AktiMeter Industrial as a platform for collaborative research on human-centered AI, Industry 4.0, and future assistance systems.

Your Benefits with AktiMeter Industrial

AktiMeter Industrial makes human activities in manual processes measurable, searchable, and analyzable. Companies receive objective and reproducible data for process analysis, documentation, assistance, and workplace design, and can initially test new functions as a manageable demonstrator.

Fraunhofer IOSB offers feasibility studies, data collection and model adaptation, proof-of-concept demonstrators, system integration, and evaluation. Collaborations are possible as contract research as well as within the framework of publicly funded research projects; technology transfer and licensing options are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.