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[EN] In recent years, the use of technology in the museum context has changed radically. It has switched from the display of information to offering emotive, immersive, and rich experiences with heritage. Virtual interactive media have the potential to put museums back into a relevant place in our increasingly digital society. The emergence of augmented-reality glasses offers the possibility to test and implement new methodologies compatible with this aim. However, most of the first examples developed in recent years did not take advantage of the possibilities of this new medium. This paper presents a novel methodology for producing mixed-reality applications for museums and heritage sites, with an intuitive, immersive, and natural way of operating. An experimental prototype designed for the archaeological museum of the Almoina is shown in the paper to demonstrate the benefits of the proposed system and methodology of production. In addition, the paper shows the results of several tests. ; This research was founded by the Generalitat Valenciana (Grant GV/2021/181) and by the Spanish Government (Grant PID2020-117421RB-C21 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033). ; Martí-Testón, A.; Muñoz García, A.; Solanes Galbis, JE.; Gracia Calandin, LI.; Tornero Montserrat, J. (2021). A Methodology to Produce Augmented-Reality Guided Tours in Museums for Mixed-Reality Headsets. Electronics. 10(23):1-21. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10232956 ; S ; 1 ; 21 ; 10 ; 23

[EN] This research develops a new mixed reality-based worker interface for industrial camera 3D positioning, which is intuitive and easy to manage, in order to enhance the worker safety, ergonomics and productivity. An experimental prototype to be used in the car body quality control is developed in the paper. The benefits and drawbacks of the proposed interface are discussed along the paper and sustained through several usability tests conducted with users familiar and not-familiar with mixed reality devices. Furthermore, the feasibility of the proposed approach is demonstrated by tests made in an industrial environment with skilled workers from Alfatec Sistemas company. ; This work was supported in part by the Spanish Government under the Project DPI2017-87656-C2-1-R. ; Muñoz García, A.; Martí Testón, A.; Mahiques, X.; Gracia Calandin, LI.; Solanes Galbis, JE.; Tornero Montserrat, J. (2020). Camera 3D positioning mixed reality-based interface to improve worker safety, ergonomics and productivity. CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology (Online). 28:24-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirpj.2020.01.004 ; S ; 24 ; 37 ; 28

[EN] This research develops a novel teleoperation for robot manipulators based on augmented reality. The proposed interface is equipped with full capabilities in order to replace the classical teach pendant of the robot for carrying out teleoperation tasks. The proposed interface is based on an augmented reality headset for projecting computer-generated graphics onto the real environment and a gamepad to interact with the computer-generated graphics and provide robot commands. In order to demonstrate the benefits of the proposed method, several usability tests were conducted using a 6R industrial robot manipulator in order to compare the proposed interface and the conventional teach pendant interface for teleoperation tasks. In particular,the results ofthese usabilitytests show thattheproposedapproach is more intuitive, ergonomic,and easy to use. Furthermore, the comparison results also show that the proposed method clearly improves the velocity of the teleoperation task, regardless of the user's previous experience in robotics and augmented reality technology. ; This work was supported by the Spanish Government under the project DPI2017-87656-C2-1-R. ; Solanes Galbis, JE.; Muñoz García, A.; Gracia Calandin, LI.; Martí Testón, A.; Girbés, V.; Tornero Montserrat, J. (2020). Teleoperation of industrial robot manipulators based on augmented reality. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 111(3-4):1077-1097. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-020-05997-1 ; S ; 1077 ; 1097 ; 111 ; 3-4 ; ABB: Abb teach pendant (Accessed 04/24/2020) ; Attig C, Wessel D, Franke T (2017) Assessing personality differences in human-technology interaction: an overview of key self-report scales to predict successful interaction. In: Stephanidis C ; (ed) HCI International 2017 - posters' extended abstracts. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp 19-29 ; Bandala M, West C, Monk S, Montazeri A, Taylor CJ (2019) Vision-based assisted tele-operation of a dual-arm hydraulically actuated robot for pipe cutting and grasping ...

[EN] In recent years, the quality control of car body surfaces production lines have been put in the context of Industry 4.0. The emergence of automatic defect detection systems have helped to standardize the brand quality and gather information about all quality control tasks performed by workers. However, current worker interfaces used to indicate the location and other characteristics of the defects found by these systems have overcome the ergonomics of workers and increased their stress at work. This paper presents a novel mixed reality-based user interface for quality control inspection which is more intuitive, in order to improve the ergonomics of workers, reduce their stress at work and improve the productivity of current quality control production lines. An experimental prototype is shown in the paper in order to demonstrate the benefits of the proposed interface. In addition, the paper shows the results of several usability tests that compare the proposed mixed reality-based user interface with current interfaces used in important factories such as Mercedes-Benz, analyzing the benefits and drawbacks of each interface. ; This work was supported by the Spanish Government under the Project DPI2017-87656-C2-1-R. ; Muñoz García, A.; Mahiques, X.; Solanes Galbis, JE.; Martí Testón, A.; Gracia Calandin, LI.; Tornero Montserrat, J. (2019). Mixed reality-based user interface for quality control inspection of car body surfaces. Journal of Manufacturing Systems. 53:75-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmsy.2019.08.004 ; S ; 75 ; 92 ; 53