The document outlines four types of guardian robots - Guardian Angel, Guardian Mentor, Guardian Helper, and Guardian Worker - that can monitor environments, provide training, assist with physical tasks, and provide remote assistance to humans. It also discusses technologies for high performance workplace augmentation including collaboration interfaces and observatories. The goals are to increase productivity, safety, and adaptability of the future workforce through virtual and assistive automation technologies that are lightweight, low-cost, easy to use, and support mass customization.

1. Guardian Angel
• Monitors environment
• Tracks people and assets
• Make work safer for humans
Guardian Mentor
• Worker augmentation
• Provides skills and training
• Make work easier for human
Guardian Helper
• Provides physical assistance
• Robotic co-workers
• Works with humans
Guardian Worker
• Provides remote assistance
• Tele-operated robotics
• Work for humans
High Performance Workplace
Augmentation
• Collaboration
• Interface
• Observatory
Assistive
• Navigation
• Manipulation
• Cooperation
Awareness
• Monitoring
• Modeling
• Management
Social Science
Human Factors
Informatics
Communications
Sensors
Robotics
Engineering
Investment Innovation Impact
Worker Centric:
Increase productivity, safety and adaptability
of future workforce through virtual and
assistive automation technologies
Lightweight Assistive Solutions
• Low-cost, from purchasing price and installation costs, to
reprogramming and maintenance costs
• Easy to use, without the need of technical expertise to deploy,
operate and reconfigure the systems
• Support mass customisation, ideal for small runs of multiple
types of products/construction