Confined spaces inspection in Aerospace manufacturing

• Problem: The challenge is motivated by the urgent industrial need to boost human productivity, safety, and adaptability through advanced, human-centred technology. The solution is driven by clearly identified shortcomings: excessive cognitive load and error rates in complex tasks, widespread ergonomic injuries, a shrinking skilled workforce, and current limitations in human-robot interactions.

• Context:  By addressing these challenges holistically, integrating real-time cognitive support, ergonomic monitoring and assistance, adaptive robotic collaboration, and ethical AI frameworks, the solution should contribute to more inclusive, efficient, and resilient manufacturing environments. This aligns closely with European priorities for human-centred innovation in industry, ensuring that the factories of the future equip their workers with smart tools and safe, supportive conditions.  

• Type of solution searched for: The expected outcome is a new generation of human enhancement systems (validated in a practical case study in the aerospace sector) that enable workers to perform demanding jobs with greater ease, less stress and greater confidence, ultimately strengthening both worker well-being and industrial competitiveness in Europe.

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