Artificial Intelligence: how man and machine are progressively working as one

No one knows the job better than the person who is doing it - that is the idea behind a package of novel ideas designed to make the most of factory workers' knowledge and experience. In Seinajoki, Finland, metal company Prima Power is trialing two of the EU's Factory2Fit project solutions. This €4m study explores new ways for people and machines to work together. Dr Eija Kaasinen from technical research centre VTT says the aim is to put people at the centre and to enable them to participate in designing their own work environment. Globally, automation and robotics are transforming manufacturing as part of the fourth industrial revolution.