The Digital Twin of Humans

An Interdisciplinary Concept of Digital Working Environments in Industry 4.0
2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-26103-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 588 g

This book provides an interdisciplinary concept of digital working environments in industry 4.0 to enable the implementation of the digital twin of humans.

Information and communication technology is penetrating all areas of daily life at a rapid pace in private and professional areas. These technologies enable companies to aggregate huge volumes of data. Collected personal data of employees creates the opportunity of a digital representation of the human being itself, that is conformant with the definition of a digital twin. These digital twins of humans include selected characteristics and behaviour of the humans, that are linked to models, information, and data. According to existing trend studies, the digital twin of humans is a technology that will have a significant impact on the economy, society, and people. It is important to consider the regulatory framework for the use of personal data and threats of misuse.

This book will be of use to researchers and professionals in industry.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gräßler, Iris

Roesmann, Daniel

Maier, Günter W.

Steffen, Eckhard

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Maschinenbau Konstruktionslehre, Bauelemente, CAD
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Elektrotechnik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion Ambient Intelligence, RFID, Internet der Dinge
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Interface Design, Interaktionsdesign, Application Design
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Produktionstechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Nachrichten- und Kommunikationstechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Konstruktionslehre und -technik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I Fundamentals.- The digital twin of human.- The role of digital twins in socio-technical systems.- Part II Planning of the digital and networked work.- Enhancing the risk management for digitalization projects in the context of social technical systems.- Procedural justice and automated decision making: seven rules to design fair decision making systems.- External crowd working.- Part III Implementation of the digital twin of humans.- Intelligent assistance systems: Assistive strategies and their effects.- Work Autonomy and Adaptive Digital Assistance in Flexible Working Environments.- Individual assembly guidance.- Human factors in assembly systems of the future.- Part IV The effects of the digital twin of humans.- The digital twin of humans as a perceived threat: Negative effects on relationships with colleagues and superiors at work?.- Signed graphs in social network analysis.- How will genetic and biographic data interact to shape our lives?.- How does the digital transformation affect skills and training? A task-based approach.

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Iris Gräßler is professor of Product Creation at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute of the Paderborn University. She is a member of the NRW research program “Design of flexible working environments - human-centered use of Cyber-Physical Systems in industry 4.0“. Prof. Gräßler's research focus lies on Model-Based Product Creation. On basis of models, cause effect relations are objectively explained and thus actively shaped. Main attention lies on Intelligent Technical Systems, i.e. adaptive configurable mechatronic systems and cyber-physical systems.
Günter W. Maier is professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at Bielefeld University. His research focuses on psychological processes of increasing digitalization of work (e.g., perceptions of AI decisions, XR-technologies in vocational trainings). He is vice chair of the NRW research program "Design of flexible working environments - human-centered use of Cyber-Physical Systems in industry 4.0” and he coordinates the topic area "Technology and Society" at the CoR-Lab at Bielefeld University, a leading transdisciplinary centre of excellence for applied research and industrial innovation transfer in the fields of cognition and robotics.
Prof. Dr. Eckhard Steffen is managing director of PACE (Paderborn Center for Advanced Studies) and head of the Working Group of Discrete Mathematics/Graph Theory at the Institute for Mathematics of the Paderborn University. He coordinates the NRW research program “Design of flexible working environments - human-centered use of Cyber-Physical Systems in industry 4.0“ and is a member of the NRW research program "Digital Future".

M. Sc. Daniel Roesmann is a research assistant at the chair for Product Creation at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute of the Paderborn University. He is member of the NRW research program “Design of flexible working environments - human-centered use of Cyber-Physical Systems in industry 4.0“. In his research he focuses on human centered system design and decision support system, in particular in flexible production and assembly systems.