AI Medical Compendium Journal:
Applied ergonomics

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Evaluation of mental workload during automobile driving using one-class support vector machine with eye movement data.

Applied ergonomics
The aim of this study is to investigate the usefulness of the anomaly detection method by one-class support vector machine (OCSVM) for the evaluation of mental workload (MWL) during automobile driving. Twelve students (six males and six females) part...

A novel vision-based real-time method for evaluating postural risk factors associated with musculoskeletal disorders.

Applied ergonomics
Real-time risk assessment for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) has been a challenging research problem. Previous methods such as using depth cameras suffered from limited visual range and wearable sensors could cause intrusiveness to the ...

Machine learning algorithms applied to a prediction of personal overall thermal comfort using skin temperatures and occupants' heating behavior.

Applied ergonomics
Thermal comfort modeling has been of interest in built environment research for decades. Mostly the modeling approaches focused on an average response of a large group of building occupants. Recently, the focus has been shifted towards personal comfo...

Factors affecting trust in high-vulnerability human-robot interaction contexts: A structural equation modelling approach.

Applied ergonomics
The current research proposed and tested a structural equation model (SEM) that describes hypothesized relationships among factors affecting trust in human-robot interaction (HRI) such as trustworthiness, human-likeness, intelligence, perfect automat...

Fuzzy cognitive maps (FCMs) for the analysis of team communication.

Applied ergonomics
Communication in teams plays a vital role in team success. This work proposes Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs) as a formalized, team communication methodology for the analysis of content and flow, simultaneously, of naturalistic team communication in a st...

Measuring and improving adaptive capacity in resilient systems by means of an integrated DEA-Machine learning approach.

Applied ergonomics
Resilient systems strive to enhance the safety of complex systems through building and developing adaptive technological and organizational capacities. This study aims at analyzing and improving the level of adaptive capacity in a petrochemical plant...

Visual vs vibrotactile feedback for posture assessment during upper-limb robot-aided rehabilitation.

Applied ergonomics
Repetitive and intensive exercises during robot-aided rehabilitation may expose patients to inappropriate and unsafe postures. The introduction of a sensory feedback can help the subject to perform the rehabilitation task with an ergonomic posture. I...

How to make nonhumanoid mobile robots more likable: Employing kinesic courtesy cues to promote appreciation.

Applied ergonomics
Service robots that mimic human social behavior can appear polite. We tested the social and behavioral efficacy and legibility of two kinesic courtesy cues on people's approval of a service robot. In a repeated-measures design, 29 volunteers were ran...

Analysis of body pressure distribution on car seats by using deep learning.

Applied ergonomics
This study aimed to extract information from body pressure distribution, including comfort, participant body size, and seat characteristics by using supervised deep learning, and body pressure characteristics corresponding to sensory evaluation by us...

Design-validation of a hand exoskeleton using musculoskeletal modeling.

Applied ergonomics
Exoskeletons are progressively reaching homes and workplaces, allowing interaction with virtual environments, remote control of robots, or assisting human operators in carrying heavy loads. Their design is however still a challenge as these robots, b...