TeamViewer AR Accelerates Test Rig Setups at Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1

The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team is using TeamViewer's augmented reality technology in Brackley, England, for the development and testing of new vehicle components. The goal is to assemble the complex test rigs for load testing new vehicle parts at the test and development center faster, more efficiently, and more precisely than before.

Previously, setting up these test rigs was a time-consuming process that consumed a lot of paper: design drawings were printed in various workshop areas and painstakingly compared. According to Mercedes-AMG Petronas, the TeamViewer Frontline software now significantly simplifies the workflows with its AR component.

TeamViewer Frontline in Formula 1

Technicians in the test and development team receive setup instructions digitally on their tablets via TeamViewer Frontline instead of on paper sheets as before. Augmented reality overlays show step-by-step how to assemble the components. The AR software embeds the CAD data of the plan directly into the real environment, making it easy to identify components.

According to IT Director Steven Riley of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, TeamViewer Frontline thus minimizes setup times and helps ensure that a test rig is assembled correctly before the test run begins. The direct feedback between the virtual model and the real setup allows tests to start faster, which in turn shortens development cycles. In the long term, the use of AR is also intended to contribute to the racing performance of George Russell and junior driver Kimi Antonelli.

Augmented Reality for Industry

Software manufacturer TeamViewer develops software at its headquarters in Göppingen to digitally support work processes in industrial environments. Frontline overlays digital information, interactive instructions, or 3D models directly into the user's field of vision, as with Mercedes-AMG Petronas on tablets or data glasses. TeamViewer Frontline can also document processes.

The software is intended to support technicians in complex assembly, maintenance, or testing tasks, for example, when maintaining a wind turbine at a great height or when working on machines that are not yet sufficiently familiar. Thanks to AR, hands and eyes remain on the tools and workpieces instead of getting lost in folders with extensive documentation.

(akr)