Abstract: A method for automatically generating a digital procedure includes, during a set-up period: aggregating an equipment manual and instructional blocks associated with an equipment unit into a data container; correlating data, in the data container, with a set of language signals; and aggregating the set of language signals into a procedure authoring model characteristic of a procedure convention for performing steps of instructional blocks by an operator at the equipment unit. The method also includes, during a deployment period: receiving an authoring request; detecting the set of language signals in the authoring request; correlating text, in the authoring request, to an action signal related to the equipment unit; and based on the action signal and the procedure authoring model, generating a sequence of instructional blocks predicted to yield an outcome of the request.

Abstract: A method for modifying a procedure includes: accessing an instructional block library containing a set of verified instructional blocks associated with approved digital procedures performed within a facility; accessing an unverified instructional block, authored by an operator, for a new digital procedure at the facility; detecting a set of language signals in the unverified instructional block; correlating an equipment unit language signal, in the set of language signals, with an equipment unit located within the facility; correlating an action language signal, in the set of language signals, with an action prompt related to the equipment unit; identifying a verified instructional block, in the set of verified instructional blocks in the instructional block library, as analogous to the unverified instructional block in response to the verified instructional block including language signals associated with the equipment unit and the action prompt; and inserting the verified instructional block in the new digi

Abstract: A method for automatically generating a digital procedure includes, during a set-up period: aggregating an equipment manual and instructional blocks associated with an equipment unit into a data container; correlating data, in the data container, with a set of language signals; and aggregating the set of language signals into a procedure authoring model characteristic of a procedure convention for performing steps of instructional blocks by an operator at the equipment unit. The method also includes, during a deployment period: receiving an authoring request; detecting the set of language signals in the authoring request; correlating text, in the authoring request, to an action signal related to the equipment unit; and based on the action signal and the procedure authoring model, generating a sequence of instructional blocks predicted to yield an outcome of the request.

Abstract: One variation of a method includes: accessing a digital procedure; and accessing a historical record of instances of digital procedures performed by an operator. The method also includes, prior to performance of the digital procedure by the operator: based on the historical record, predicting an error by the operator during performance of the digital procedure; generating recovery instructions predicted to reduce a difference between anticipated outcomes of the digital procedure resulting from the error and target outcomes defined in the digital procedure; and associating the recovery instructions with the first instructional block. The method further includes, during performance of the digital procedure by the operator: accessing a data stream representing performance of the digital procedure by the operator; and, in response to detecting the error in the data stream, serving a prompt to the operator to suspend performance of the digital procedure and to complete the recovery instructions.

Abstract: A method includes accessing a digital procedure performable within a facility. The method also includes, during performance of the digital procedure by an operator within the facility: accessing a data stream representing performance of the digital procedure by the operator; detecting a deviation from the digital procedure in the data stream; and, based on the deviation, predicting an anticipated batch yield expected upon completion of the digital procedure by the operator. The method further includes, in response to the anticipated batch yield falling outside of a target batch yield: based on natural language signals in the digital procedure, generating recovery instructions predicted to reduce a difference between the anticipated batch yield and the target batch yield defined in the digital procedure; and serving a prompt to the operator to suspend performance of the digital procedure and to complete the recovery instructions.

Abstract: A method for modifying a procedure includes: accessing an instructional block library containing a set of verified instructional blocks associated with approved digital procedures performed within a facility; accessing an unverified instructional block, authored by an operator, for a new digital procedure at the facility; detecting a set of language signals in the unverified instructional block; correlating an equipment unit language signal, in the set of language signals, with an equipment unit located within the facility; correlating an action language signal, in the set of language signals, with an action prompt related to the equipment unit; identifying a verified instructional block, in the set of verified instructional blocks in the instructional block library, as analogous to the unverified instructional block in response to the verified instructional block including language signals associated with the equipment unit and the action prompt; and inserting the verified instructional block in the new digi

Abstract: One variation of a method for automatically capturing data from non-networked production equipment includes: detecting a location of a mobile device within a facility, the mobile device manipulated by an operator while performing a step of an augmented digital procedure at a machine in the facility; estimating a position of a display on the machine relative to a field of view of an optical sensor in the mobile device based on the location of the mobile device and a stored location of the machine within the facility; in response to the position of the display falling within the field of view of the optical sensor, selecting an image captured by the optical sensor; extracting a value, presented on the display, from a region of the image depicting the display; and storing the value in a procedure file for the augmented digital procedure completed at the machine.

Abstract: One variation of a method for automatically capturing data from non-networked production equipment includes: detecting a location of a mobile device within a facility, the mobile device manipulated by an operator while performing a step of an augmented digital procedure at a machine in the facility; estimating a position of a display on the machine relative to a field of view of an optical sensor in the mobile device based on the location of the mobile device and a stored location of the machine within the facility; in response to the position of the display falling within the field of view of the optical sensor, selecting an image captured by the optical sensor; extracting a value, presented on the display, from a region of the image depicting the display; and storing the value in a procedure file for the augmented digital procedure completed at the machine.

Abstract: One variation of a method for assisting execution of manual protocols at production equipment includes: identifying a site occupied by a mobile device based on a geospatial location of a device; identifying a space within the building occupied by the device based on identifiers of a set of wireless access points wirelessly accessible to the device and known locations of wireless access points within the building; loading a protocol associated with an equipment unit in the space; calculating a position of the device within the space based on positions optical features, detected in a field of view of an optical sensor at the device, relative to reference features represented in a space model of the space; and, when the position of the device falls within a threshold distance of a reference location proximal the equipment unit defined in a step of the procedure, rendering guidance for the step.

Abstract: A method includes: receiving a prompt from an operator to initialize a current instance of a first instructional block, in a digital procedure, at a workspace assigned to the operator within a facility; in response to detecting a risk event proximal the workspace, accessing a procedure authoring model associated with a first equipment unit proximal the workspace; correlating the risk event with an action language signal corresponding to an action prompt related to the first equipment unit; correlating the risk event with a risk language signal corresponding to a first process risk associated with execution of the first action prompt with the first equipment unit; based on the action language signal, the risk language signal, and the procedure authoring model, generating a sequence of steps predicted to resolve the risk event; and initializing a second instructional block containing the sequence of steps predicted to resolve the risk event.

Abstract: A method for automatically generating a digital procedure includes, during a set-up period: aggregating an equipment manual and instructional blocks associated with an equipment unit into a data container; correlating data, in the data container, with a set of language signals; and aggregating the set of language signals into a procedure authoring model characteristic of a procedure convention for performing steps of instructional blocks by an operator at the equipment unit. The method also includes, during a deployment period: receiving an authoring request; detecting the set of language signals in the authoring request; correlating text, in the authoring request, to an action signal related to the equipment unit; and based on the action signal and the procedure authoring model, generating a sequence of instructional blocks predicted to yield an outcome of the request.

Abstract: One variation of a method for assisting execution of manual protocols at production equipment includes: identifying a site occupied by a mobile device based on a geospatial location of a device; identifying a space within the building occupied by the device based on identifiers of a set of wireless access points wirelessly accessible to the device and known locations of wireless access points within the building; loading a protocol associated with an equipment unit in the space; calculating a position of the device within the space based on positions optical features, detected in a field of view of an optical sensor at the device, relative to reference features represented in a space model of the space; and, when the position of the device falls within a threshold distance of a reference location proximal the equipment unit defined in a step of the procedure, rendering guidance for the step.

Abstract: A method for transferring digital procedures across a manufacturing network includes: accessing an unverified instructional block in a new digital procedure for staging at a facility; accessing a set of verified instructional blocks associated with approved digital procedures performed at the first facility; detecting a set of manufacturing inputs in the unverified instructional block; correlating an equipment input with an equipment unit located at the first facility; and correlating an action input with an action prompt related to the first equipment unit. The method also includes: identifying a verified instructional block, in the set of verified instructional blocks, as analogous to the unverified instructional block in response to the verified instructional block comprising manufacturing inputs associated with the equipment unit and the action prompt; and inserting the verified instructional block, in place of the unverified instructional block, in the new digital procedure.

Abstract: A method for predicting batch yield includes: accessing a batch range specification defining a set of batch ranges for characterizing batch output upon completion of a performed instance of a verified digital procedure; and, in response initiating an instance of the verified digital procedure detecting a set of manufacturing inputs in the verified digital procedure and receiving a set of parameters corresponding to the set of manufacturing inputs from the operator. The method also includes: identifying a batch yield of the instance of the verified digital procedure as corresponding to a target batch range in the set of batch ranges; interpreting a process change resulting in the batch yield based on the set of parameters and a target set of parameters; isolating a parameter associated with the process change; and initializing a new digital procedure characterizing the process change based on the verified digital procedure and the first parameter.

Abstract: A method includes: via a user interface of a hub device, receiving a first set of user credentials associated with a first operator, the hub device connected to a set of mobile devices; accessing a first operator schedule defining a first scheduled manufacturing operation and a first observer of the first scheduled manufacturing operation, the first observer characterized by a first set of observer credentials; detecting disconnection of a first mobile device in the set of mobile devices from the hub device, the first mobile device associated with a first device ID; in response to detecting disconnection of the first mobile device from the hub device, associating the first device ID with the first operator; and routing a first video feed from the first mobile device to the first observer based on the first device ID and the first set of observer credentials.

Abstract: A method for delivering materials includes: at a loading system located within a sanitary zone at the facility, accessing a materials manifest specifying compliant materials associated with the manufacturing operation; in response to identifying compliant materials at the loading system corresponding to the materials manifest, assigning the compliant materials a delivery location within the facility and a baseline material compliance score; triggering a loading system to load the compliant materials onto an autonomous cart; triggering the autonomous cart to maneuver the compliant materials from a first zone to the delivery location within a second zone at the facility; calculating a material compliance score of the tray based on the locations traversed by the autonomous cart; and, in response to the material compliance score exceeding a threshold score, triggering the autonomous cart to maintain an offset distance from an operator at the delivery location.

Abstract: A method for augmenting procedures at production equipment includes: linking a description of a step in a procedure and a capture type to a capture field; generating a digital draft procedure comprising descriptions of steps extracted from the procedure and the capture field specifying data capture of the capture type from an equipment unit; generating augmented guidance for the step in the procedure based on visual content recorded by a mobile device—assigned to an exemplary operator—during completion of the step in the digital draft procedure; linking the augmented guidance to a location proximal the equipment unit based on locations of the mobile device during completion of the step in the digital draft procedure; and generating an augmented digital procedure based on steps in the procedure, the augmented guidance, and definitions for data capture according to the capture field.

Abstract: A method includes: via a user interface of a hub device, receiving a first set of user credentials associated with a first operator, the hub device connected to a set of mobile devices; accessing a first operator schedule defining a first manufacturing operation and a first observer of the first manufacturing operation, the first observer characterized by a first set of observer credentials; detecting disconnection of a first mobile device in the set of mobile devices from the hub device, the first mobile device associated with a first device ID; in response to detecting disconnection of the first mobile device from the hub device, associating the first device ID with the first operator; and serving a first video feed from the first mobile device to the first observer based on the first device ID and the first set of observer credentials.

Abstract: One variation of a method for automatically capturing data from non-networked production equipment includes: detecting a location of a mobile device within a facility, the mobile device manipulated by an operator while performing a step of an augmented digital procedure at a machine in the facility; estimating a position of a display on the machine relative to a field of view of an optical sensor in the mobile device based on the location of the mobile device and a stored location of the machine within the facility; in response to the position of the display falling within the field of view of the optical sensor, selecting an image captured by the optical sensor; extracting a value, presented on the display, from a region of the image depicting the display; and storing the value in a procedure file for the augmented digital procedure completed at the machine.

Abstract: One variation of a method for automatically capturing data from non-networked production equipment includes: detecting a location of a mobile device within a facility, the mobile device manipulated by an operator while performing a step of an augmented digital procedure at a machine in the facility; estimating a position of a display on the machine relative to a field of view of an optical sensor in the mobile device based on the location of the mobile device and a stored location of the machine within the facility; in response to the position of the display falling within the field of view of the optical sensor, selecting an image captured by the optical sensor; extracting a value, presented on the display, from a region of the image depicting the display; and storing the value in a procedure file for the augmented digital procedure completed at the machine.