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 Department of
System Engineering

The Department of System Engineering (RMIT) was established in 2024 with the aim of unifying and strengthening the field of systems engineering at University of Pannonia. The group's research and educational areas focus on the main fields of systems engineering, with a special emphasis on intelligent manufacturing systems, system automation, machine-human collaboration and interaction, and human-centered systems. The group's work includes the Industry 5.0 laboratory at University of Pannonia (https://www.operator4.com/industry-5-0-laboratory), which demonstrates how Industry 4.0 technologies can be developed and applied to create human-centered work environments.

Supported by the ELKH - PE Complex Systems Monitoring Research Laboratory, our goal is to develop solutions in collaboration with research and industrial partners that are beneficial from both economic and human perspectives. The Industry 5.0 laboratory prepares students for the development and application of Industry 5.0 technologies. We have integrated indoor positioning systems with machine, operator, and environmental sensor data to obtain real-time information from the production line. The digital twin of the laboratory was developed in a discrete event simulator, which integrates the data from the production line and directs production based on the simulation results. This framework can be used to design the education of the Industry 5.0 generation.

Services and infrastructure

Andon lamp system

Andon lamp system

Research Centre for Engineering Sciences | Department of System Engineering
Research field: Industrial digitization, Human-centered solutions, System engineering, Industry 5.0

We have a three-color Andon light system set up on the Festo production line.

UWB-based indoor positioning system

UWB-based indoor positioning system

Research Centre for Engineering Sciences | Department of System Engineering
Research field: Industrial digitization, Human-centered solutions, System engineering, Industry 5.0

Indoor GPS system capable of tracking active tags with an accuracy of 50 cm. These tags can be attached to any device, component, tool, or even a person.

UR5e collaborative robot arm

UR5e collaborative robot arm

Research Centre for Engineering Sciences | Department of System Engineering
Research field: Industrial digitization, Human-centered solutions, System engineering, Industry 5.0

Collaborative robotic arm, which enables the development, testing, and validation of human-machine collaborative workflows.

3D printer

3D printer

Research Centre for Engineering Sciences | Department of System Engineering
Research field: Industrial digitization, Human-centered solutions, System engineering, Industry 5.0

Custom-designed for rapid prototyping, suitable for small-scale production.

Cable harness assembly board

Cable harness assembly board

Research Centre for Engineering Sciences | Department of System Engineering
Research field: Industrial digitization, Human-centered solutions, System engineering, Industry 5.0

An assembly board adapted from cable harness manufacturing, on which automation, ergonomics, and collaboration techniques can all be tested and validated.

Festo intelligent production line

Festo intelligent production line

Research Centre for Engineering Sciences | Department of System Engineering
Research field: Industrial digitization, Human-centered solutions, System engineering, Industry 5.0

A unique educational production line with intelligent measurement and intervention units. In our lab, we created a food industry case example, for which we also implemented a Digital Twin representation of the production.

Optical flow and video-based tracking system

Optical flow and video-based tracking system

Research Centre for Engineering Sciences | Department of System Engineering
Research field: Industrial digitization, Human-centered solutions, System engineering, Industry 5.0

Full human movement tracking from a top-down camera view, for the purpose of ergonomic and performance evaluation, while ensuring compliance with ethical standards and human rights.

CMMS - Intelligent Maintenance System

CMMS - Intelligent Maintenance System

Research Centre for Engineering Sciences | Department of System Engineering
Research field: Industrial digitization, Human-centered solutions, System engineering, Industry 5.0

An integrated maintenance system connected to our Festo production line, supported by data from the Digital Twin.

Data collection system based on NodeRed

Data collection system based on NodeRed

Research Centre for Engineering Sciences | Department of System Engineering
Research field: Industrial digitization, Human-centered solutions, System engineering, Industry 5.0

An open-source data collection system that ensures rapid digitalization, even in industrial environments.

Employee ability assessment tool

Employee ability assessment tool

Research Centre for Engineering Sciences | Department of System Engineering
Research field: Industrial digitization, Human-centered solutions, System engineering, Industry 5.0

A capability assessment tool provided by Practiwork Zrt, capable of assessing physical abilities as well.

Shimmer GSR sensor

Shimmer GSR sensor

Research Centre for Engineering Sciences | Department of System Engineering
Research field: Industrial digitization, Human-centered solutions, System engineering, Industry 5.0

A measuring device suitable for skin resistance measurement, which is used, among other things, to assess cognitive load.

Polar H10 and OH 1 HRV chest and armband

Polar H10 and OH 1 HRV chest and armband

Research Centre for Engineering Sciences | Department of System Engineering
Research field: Industrial digitization, Human-centered solutions, System engineering, Industry 5.0

Devices suitable for measuring heart rate, used in relation to assessing work-related stress.

MetaMotion sensors

MetaMotion sensors

Research Centre for Engineering Sciences | Department of System Engineering
Research field: Industrial digitization, Human-centered solutions, System engineering, Industry 5.0

A hand-mounted accelerometer sensor.

Leap 2 motion controller

Leap 2 motion controller

Research Centre for Engineering Sciences | Department of System Engineering
Research field: Industrial digitization, Human-centered solutions, System engineering, Industry 5.0

A hand gesture tracking sensor used in virtual reality environments.

RFID system

RFID system

Research Centre for Engineering Sciences | Department of System Engineering
Research field: Industrial digitization, Human-centered solutions, System engineering, Industry 5.0

Product tracking system with simple and inexpensive passive tags.

Partners

Partners

  • Tecnológico de Monterrey University
  • Center for Automation and Robotics
  • Chalmers University of Technology
  • Politecnico di Milano
  • Research Institutes of Sweden
  • SUPSI
  • Tampere University
  • Technical University of Košice
  • TU-Wien
  • University of Bergamo
  • University of Calabria
  • University of Modena and Reggio Emilia,
  • University of Skövde
  • University of Stuttgart
  • University of Trento
  • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
  • Warsaw University of Technology
  • Epic Innolabs Nonprofit Kft.
  • Festo Kft.
  • Flex Kft.
  • Lear Corporation Hungary Kft.
  • Óbudai Egyetem
  • PractiWork Zrt.
  • SilverFrog Informatika Kft.
  • Sunstone-RTLS Kft.
  • Vesz-Mont 2000 Kft.
Publications

Publications

  • Ruppert, T., Jaskó, S., Holczinger, T., & Abonyi, J. (2018). Enabling technologies for operator 4.0: A survey. Applied sciences, 8(9), 1650.
  • Gladysz, B., Tran, T. A., Romero, D., van Erp, T., Abonyi, J., & Ruppert, T. (2023). Current development on the Operator 4.0 and transition towards the Operator 5.0: A systematic literature review in light of Industry 5.0. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 70, 160-185.
  • Ruppert, T., Darányi, A., Medvegy, T., Csereklei, D., & Abonyi, J. (2022). Demonstration laboratory of industry 4.0 retrofitting and operator 4.0 solutions: Education towards industry 5.0. Sensors, 23(1), 283.
  • Ruppert, T., & Abonyi, J. (2020). Integration of real-time locating systems into digital twins. Journal of industrial information integration, 20, 100174.
  • Tran, T. A., Ruppert, T., & Abonyi, J. (2021). Indoor positioning systems can revolutionise digital lean. Applied Sciences, 11(11), 5291.
  • Tran, T. A., Abonyi, J., & Ruppert, T. (2024). Technology-enabled cognitive resilience: what can we learn from military operation to develop Operator 5.0 solutions?. Production & Manufacturing Research, 12(1), 2368232.
  • Eesee, A. K., Jaskó, S., Eigner, G., Abonyi, J., & Ruppert, T. (2024). Extension of HAAS for the management of cognitive load. IEEE Access.