The increasing complexity of manufacturing environments requires effective training systems to prepare the operation personnel for the interaction with the machinery. Several training systems have been proposed in advance. A common approach to deal with this topic is the application of virtual environments to train interactions with a machine in a safe, attractive, and efficient way. However, these training systems lack the capabilities to adapt to the requirements of an increasingly diversified workforce (e.g., regarding age or perceptive disabilities). This paper introduces an approach for the design of an individually adaptive virtual training system based on the idea of universal design. The system is based on a two-step approach that consists of an initial adaptation to the user characteristics and adaptations during runtime based on measurements of the user. The adaptations yield the use of different representations of lessons with different complexity and interaction modalities. The proposed approach provides a flexible training system that can adapt to the needs of a broad group of users.     «

The increasing complexity of manufacturing environments requires effective training systems to prepare the operation personnel for the interaction with the machinery. Several training systems have been proposed in advance. A common approach to deal with this topic is the application of virtual environments to train interactions with a machine in a safe, attractive, and efficient way. However, these training systems lack the capabilities to adapt to the requirements of an increasingly diversified...     »