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VRAI group, in cooperation with INTERMAC, leading company of glass and marble manufacturing, partecipated to the Glasstech Fair (Dusseldorf 20-23 Sept) and Marmomacc Fair (Verona 28th Sept. 1st Oct). During the exhibition we presented an Augmented Reality application designed for Smart Glasses, with the aim of helping operators for their working activities.
Tests conducted during the fair demonstrate that Augmented Reality can be a valuable support for the training on the job.

Ph.D. student Daniele Liciotti studied for five months at Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems Research (L-CAS) in the School of Computer Science at the University of Lincoln (UK).
During this period, he was engaged in a project in the area of activity monitoring, involving the interaction of humans with particular objects under the supervision of Prof. Tom Ducket and Dr. Nicola Bellotto.

https://lcas.lincoln.ac.uk

From 6th to 8th of July took place in Dubrovnik the Kick-off meeting of the European project WELLFOOD.

For the VRAI group were present Roberto Pierdicca and Marina Paolanti.

WELLFOOD ACTION aims at strengthening innovation capacity of Adriatic Regions on agri-food sector, by stimulating the link between business, RTD-innovation Centers,producers-consumers as a pillar for territorial growth, development and integration of the area.

Pfizer with sponsorship of AFI & ISPE organized the last 21st june at Hotel Casale, Colli del Tronto (AP), a seminar to share the vision and challenges to pursue new opportunities. Improve knowledge, common understanding and awareness on Status of the Art and Trends of this innovative industrial revolution to Manufacturing Automation known as SMART MANUFACTURING / INDUSTRY 4.0. Explore enabling technologies and how to access to available funds. Identify potential business opportunities enabled by SM. Compare the European approach (INDUSTRY 4.0) vs. the US approach (SMART MANUFACTURING).

It was addressed to:

• Technology Providers
• Academic Institutions & Scientific community (University)
• End Users (Pharma)

The Rector of UNIVPM Professor Sauro Longhi attended with a presentation entitled "Scientific Research and the Roamap of Industry National Cluster". It was about Pathways of National and European Research towards INDUSTRY 4.0. Funds, Programs and opportunities promoted by EU Community. 

Professor Emanuele Frontoni, Professor Maurizio Bevilacqua and Professor Andrea Monteriù of UNIVPM attended with a presentation entitled "Smart Manufacturing: State of the art and perspective". It was about the smart manufacturing scenario that is a set of infrastructure and approaches that lets operators make real-time use of big data flows from fully-instrumented plants in order to improve productivity, optimize supply chains, and improve energy, water, and materials use. Best practices from SoA and future perspectives was presented to set up a common ground of discussion.