Kiara Ottogalli

Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Técnicas de Gipuzkoa

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Kiara Ottogalli’s research sits at the intersection of virtual reality, human-robot collaboration, and advanced manufacturing, with a sharp focus on transforming aircraft final assembly lines. Her work addresses a critical bottleneck in Industry 4.0: while automation has revolutionized many stages of production, the final assembly of aircraft remains heavily manual and ergonomically challenging. Ottogalli’s most cited paper, “Virtual reality simulation of human-robot coexistence for an aircraft final assembly line” (2021, 52 citations), pioneers the use of VR to evaluate both process efficiency and ergonomic risk in shared human-robot workspaces. She further developed a “Flexible Framework to Model Industry 4.0 Processes for Virtual Simulators” (2019, 37 citations), providing a versatile tool for modeling worker activities and testing new workflows before physical deployment. Her foundational work on the “Framework for the Simulation of an Aircraft Final Assembly Line” (2018) was conducted under the EU’s Clean Sky 2 ACCLAIM project, aimed at optimizing automated assembly of cabin and cargo interiors. By enabling safer, more efficient human-robot coexistence through immersive simulation, Ottogalli is helping shape the future of aerospace manufacturing.