Operator 4.0 intelligent health monitoring: a Cyber-Physical approach

The fast development and availability of smart sensors and wearable devices provides for the development of intelligent operator workspaces. In this context, a Cyber-Physical System approach is proposed here to monitor the Operator 4.0 health risks within an interconnected and sustainable manufacturing environment. Such system collects relevant data for health risk assessment, specifically physiological, environmental and manufacturing process data. A novel approach based on data processing and fuzzy-based data fusion is defined to evaluate the interaction amongst diverse variables and their impact on the overall risk. In this way, a dynamic and customized health monitoring system is realized within the manufacturing environment, enabling an intelligent decision-making for the real-time assessment of the health risk level and type.