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Human-Centered Manufacturing
The factory of the future should make people more capable, not simply make people disappear.
Augmentation before abstraction
Technology creates durable industrial value when it improves the ability to work safely, learn quickly, solve problems and make better decisions. Exoskeletons, immersive training, AI assistants and more intuitive human-machine interfaces all fit this frame when they solve a real operational need.
Human-centered does not mean less technological
It can mean more sophisticated technology, but judged by a different standard: whether the system improves the whole production environment rather than optimizing a single machine or metric.
From research to operations
Longitudinal exoskeleton research is one example of why industrial innovation requires attention to ergonomics, acceptance and sustained use, not only technical performance.