A software platform enabling rapidly customisable extended reality (XR) training and manufacturing assistance tools

该项目将创造一种新的方式，为在洁净室工作以生产新药的药品制造人员提供培训和数字化运营支持。目前，实际操作培训是手动进行的，需要6-9个月的时间，新操作员才能完全胜任洁净室的工作。在该项目中，我们将开发延展实境（XR）工具，使“动手”培训能够在虚拟现实耳机中进行，而不是物理洁净室。这将减少培训过程中产生的废物量，特别是一次性塑料材料，这些材料一旦使用，要么被焚烧，要么被填埋。我们项目中一个令人兴奋的创新是增加了一个桌面应用程序，其中包括一个工作流程构建器，以便我们可以快速定制培训方案，因为即使是标准的培训流程，例如进入设施的更衣，每个公司都有稍微不同的协议。因此，XR工具需要具有适应性。该平台还将提供“制造操作员辅助工具”，提供数字支持，如指令和指导提示，以减少操作员错误并实现数据采集。然后，我们将通过培训在英国一系列药品制造公司从事制造工作的学徒以及培训师来测试该平台。测试将使我们深入了解生产力的提高，包括减少浪费、培训时间和学员信心。

The project will create a new way of training and providing digital operational support to medicines manufacturing staff who work in cleanrooms to produce new medicines. Currently, hands on training is delivered manually and takes 6-9 months before a new operator is fully competent to work in the cleanroom. In the project we will develop extended reality (XR) tools that enable 'hands on' training to be performed in a virtual reality headset instead of the physical cleanroom. This will reduce the amount of waste that is produced during training, particularly in terms of disposable plastic materials that once used are either incinerated or end in landfill.An exciting innovation in our project is the addition of a desktop app that will include a workflow builder so that we can rapidly customise training protocols, because even for standard training processes, for example in gowning to enter the facility, companies each have slightly different protocols. Therefore, the XR tools need to be adaptable. The platform will also provide 'manufacturing operator assistance tools' that provide digital support such as instructions and guidance cues to reduce operator errors and enable data capture.We will then test the platform by training apprentices who work in manufacturing roles in a range of UK medicines manufacturing companies, as well as with trainers. The testing will give us insight into the productivity gains, including waste reduction, training time and trainee confidence.