Cobot Control Using Virtual Reality for the Needs of Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 is undergoing continuous evolution. Management and monitoring systems implemented in the industrial infrastructure are able to collect and process more and more data, then, based on dedicated algorithms, make decisions, and consequently send specific control commands to devices and technological processes. At the same time, there is growing interest in combining devices with other seemingly disparate technologies. An example of creating such coexistence is the integration of sensory solutions with virtual reality. Such activities contribute to the creation of digital twins of devices and processes, which in turn enables remote and in many cases automatic control of physical objects and the course of real processes. In the course of this research, such an approach has been used to develop a solution that allows a robot to be controlled from anywhere and at any time. This work presents a prototype of a solution providing remote control of a cobot arm robot.