Our 2nd Consortium Meeting is already over and we enjoy taking a look back: we had many interesting presentations and got practical insights in many topics that have been progressed in our project:
- We heard a lot about the respective use cases and work package progress
- Many communication topics have been depicted
- Privacy workshops are on the way to finalise open doors for the ongoing work
- We are ready to kick off the Co-Design process where we are inviting the operators to participate in our project.
Additionally, the colleagues of TU Dresden provided the opportunity for handling an excavator by creating a safe environment disabling certain functions and giving the necessary safety instruction. We were able to dig into the earth and get a tiny glimpse of the challenges operators of these heavy machines may face. Of course we were also able to experience some of the features suggested and currently tested to support the operators in the future.
While of course it was a very cool experience and we also had fun during the session, the reason behind is vey serious as - regardless of the role in the project - it is essential to have a good understanding of all aspects of the work done and support project exchange.
On the second day of the consortium meeting, after concluding our presentations and discussions, we were heading to the interaction lab at TU Dresden, and it got practical:
- Practical in a sense of setting in a cabin that is equipped with external sensors adapted to data processing for merging the input and highlighted in ambient lighting
- Practical in a sense of a demo on remotely operating a reach stack as if you are picking and placing a container in a harbour.
Thank you very much to the many colleagues of TU Dresden involved in making this happen. On this slightly raining evening, you not "only" took out the excavator, installed the necessary technical infrastructure and created a safe environments, but also considered comfort of the participants. Thanks for all your thoughtful planning and execution!
