SUGIKO is a smart glass and improves the efficiency of the safety confirmation of the construction site remotely

At the site, a smart glass is attached to the helmet and the video and photos are sent to the head office while utilizing the zoom function.

SUGIKO (Yokohama City), which handles rental businesses for various temporary equipment, including scaffolds used in architectural sites, has introduced a "remote work support solution" provided by Buy Cube last year. [Photo] Remote work support solution for remote work support solutions is a solution that links Realwear's smart glass and "V-CUBE collaboration". Hands -free for high places and narrow work is realized, and smart glasses can be operated by audio, and the site and remote areas can share images, visual confirmation, status understanding, confirmation, and tests. The company offers not only rental of scaffolding but also safety consulting (safety consulting), and remote work support solutions are used for this purpose. "We are also focusing on helping the safety activities of the scaffold on site, and to check whether the scaffolding is in place to prevent occupational accidents caused by the scaffold, dangerous experience training using dolls. I also conduct safety lectures and new employee training every day, "says Rieko Takahashi, director of the Technical Support Department Safety Consulting Division. However, it is necessary to go to the site to check the scaffolding. If you are far away, you may go to the site in half a day. "Our department is located in Yokohama, and we needed to go to the nationwide site for scaffolding. It is difficult for a small number of people to respond to hundreds of sites, and in some cases refuse requests. Sometimes it was unavoidable, "(Mr. Takahashi) So the company began considering remote solutions using smart glasses to improve work efficiency. Before the introduction, they were gathering information by looking at the homepage of each company and visiting the exhibition. The company introduced a "remote work support solution" in the latter half of last year. After the introduction of the exam for half a year, four units are currently being used. The reason for selecting a buoy cube product was that he evaluated the fact that he could do work with hands -free work, clear video and audio, and that it could be operated by audio. "By introducing this, it was expected that only one case could be handled at the same time so far," (Takahashi), but even if he introduced a smart glass, some employees. You need to go to the site. The company says that people from nearby sales offices go. It was said that the solution was very useful when the corona could cross the prefectural border. Before the implementation, a simple lecture on sales employees who went to the site was also a simple handmade operation manual. On the other hand, the challenge is communication. The company communicates with the head office using the Wi-Fi router, but the communication may be interrupted indoors. Also, if the site is a mountainous area, the communication environment may not be good. Mr. Rikuto Tanaka of the same section said, "I think it will be easier to use if it is slightly lighter," said another improvement point. Although the company does not measure the effects of remote work support solutions, Mr. Takahashi is looking forward to expanding its use if it can be used for other purposes. "I feel that if you increase the opportunity to use it in cooperation with others, you will be able to expand your possibilities. I would like to explore the use in various purposes in the future." (Mr. Takahashi) Dangerous experience using VR and MR. In addition to the use of IT, the company is also conducting training that uses is also implemented, using VR to experience the horror of crash due to non -disabled behavior at a height of 20m, and indoors this year. However, we jointly developed "SUGIKO MR Safety Education Content", which can provide safety point training for scaffolding, with building tree production. This solution can be used to conduct scaffold inspections while sharing the same 3D model using MR (mixed reality). By using MR content, the transportation, assembly, and dismantling of scaffolds can be reduced, and the trouble of securing a place to actually build a scaffold can be reduced. In addition, there is also the merit of being educated without being affected by the surrounding environment, such as the weather. The MR device used Microsoft's "HoloLens2" to incorporate the scaffolding BIM data created by Sugiko to create a model close to reality. The company will continue to work on scaffolding DX (digital transformation) with the aim of improving construction sites and improving productivity.

Atsushi Maruyama