Augmented Reality in the plastic piping industry How the combination of AR and visual AI can support, analyse and document the process of a plastic piping installation with an infrared welding machine

Abstract

This research investigates how the combination of Augmented Reality (AR) and visual artificial intelligence (AI) can contribute to operational processes and analyse the quality of a piping installation with an infrared welding machine. The benefits of industrial AR have been discussed for training, maintenance, and human-robot interaction use cases. Furthermore, visual AI can be used through a cyber-physical system to inspect the quality in the manufacturing industry, connecting sensors to the internet and analysing the created data. However, a concrete proposal on combining AR and visual AI in the plastic piping industry for an infrared welding machine is currently missing. The conducted master thesis addresses this research gap.