Abstract: A system for monitoring the utilization of personal protective equipment by workers in the workplace can include a set of first slave electronic modules, each paired to a corresponding piece of personal protective equipment. A master electronic module paired to a corresponding worker may form a network with the personal protective equipment that the corresponding worker is equipped with. The master electronic module may acquire and store information from the first slave electronic modules. A set of monitoring devices arranged in a corresponding work area in the workplace may acquire information from the master electronic modules present within the work area. A central control and monitoring unit may acquire information from the monitoring devices.

Abstract: A collaborative supportive system based upon avatar, comprising movement-tracking sensors, configured for tracking the movements of a user and of one or more parts of his body; a head-mounted display; and processors, configured for co-operating with the movement-tracking sensors and with the head-mounted display to cause the head-mounted display to display an avatar capable of moving around in an environment corresponding to the field of vision of the user and relating with the environment itself and with the user according to the assistance to be provided to the user.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a system for monitoring the utilization of personal protective equipment by workers in the workplace. Said system comprises a set of first slave electronic modules, each of which is paired to a corresponding piece of personal protective equipment to be used in said workplace and is configured to store information that identifies said corresponding piece of personal protective equipment.