Smart hybrid prototyping in manual automotive assembly validation

Smart Hybrid Prototyping (SHP) describes a method for early multimodal design testing with the help of mixed reality technologies. As required by past problem specific research results in manufacturing engineering, this innovative multidisciplinary concept has recently been transferred towards manual assembly validations. By describing a development process for SHP in the assembly context, this work contributes to a future integration in industrial research and process design workflows. Successfully implemented use cases in the field of automotive assembly process validation are presented. Latter demonstrate various complexities of the prototype systems composed by virtual and physical model characteristics.