Business Finland funded joint development project “Meaningful industrial work in hybrid human-technology-AI teams” (HiFive) has kicked off. The aim of the project is to design and create future industrial workplaces, where people, machines, and AI work seamlessly together.
The HiFive project is examining various aspects, including the meaningfulness of industrial work, the feasibility of remote industrial work, and the utilisation of digital twins and new interaction methods. The project employs AI solutions and systems that support remote work.
“Our project’s vision is to design and create meaningful, enjoyable and productive hybrid industrial jobs for tomorrow,” says Project Manager Susanna Aromaa of VTT.
Project goals:
- Meaningful work: To research industrial work and develop new working methods for the future as well as apply technologies that support seamless cooperation in hybrid teams.
- New business models: To create new business models and service concepts that make use of the industrial metaverse and AI technologies.
- International growth: To ensure the international growth and competitiveness of Finnish companies.
The project partners are VTT, University of Jyväskylä and Aalto University. The business partners are Konecranes, Elomatic, ProVerse Interactive, Tasowheel and AINS Group.
”The HiFive project is part of the Konecranes Zero4 ecosystem, where we are exploring the future of material flows, with humans at the centre. Our vision for the future is intelligent and seamless collaboration between people, machines and systems. We examine how new technological advances change the employee’s role, tasks and working environment. Another goal is to determine what makes things meaningful in today’s workplace and how we can maintain and develop it as work changes,” explains Kimmo Rantala, Senior User Experience Designer at Konecranes.
Business Finland is funding the project, and its total budget is approximately EUR 4.7 million. The HiFive project will run for two years and is expected to produce significant results in the transformation of industry and improvement of employee well-being.
See what a typical work day of a crane operator might look like in the near future:
Visioning the future of work in material handling (youtube.com)
