9th IEEE International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing

Research Article

A Collaborative Virtual Workspace for Factory Configuration and Evaluation

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.collaboratecom.2013.254053,
        author={Ingo Zinnikus and Xiaoqi Cao and Matthias Klusch and Christopher Krauss and Andreas Nonnengart and Torsten Spieldenner and Philipp Slusallek},
        title={A Collaborative Virtual Workspace for Factory Configuration and Evaluation},
        proceedings={9th IEEE International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing},
        publisher={ICST},
        proceedings_a={COLLABORATECOM},
        year={2013},
        month={11},
        keywords={computer supported collaborative work virtual environment formal verification agent-based simulation},
        doi={10.4108/icst.collaboratecom.2013.254053}
    }
    
  • Ingo Zinnikus
    Xiaoqi Cao
    Matthias Klusch
    Christopher Krauss
    Andreas Nonnengart
    Torsten Spieldenner
    Philipp Slusallek
    Year: 2013
    A Collaborative Virtual Workspace for Factory Configuration and Evaluation
    COLLABORATECOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.4108/icst.collaboratecom.2013.254053
Ingo Zinnikus1,*, Xiaoqi Cao1, Matthias Klusch1, Christopher Krauss1, Andreas Nonnengart1, Torsten Spieldenner1, Philipp Slusallek1
  • 1: German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
*Contact email: zinnikus@dfki.de

Abstract

The convergence of information technologies (IT) has enabled the Digital Enterprise in which engineering, production planning, manufacturing and sales processes are supported by IT-based collaboration, simulation and enactment. As a result, borders between reality and its virtual epresentations become increasingly blurred. Advanced tools need to support flexibility, specialization and collaborative evolution of the design where the exchange of knowledge between domain experts helps to improve informed decision making. In this paper, we present a collaborative, web-based framework to create 3D scenarios for product design, simulation and training assisted by animated avatars.