AIMC Topic: Ergonomics

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Development of an Integrated Virtual Reality System with Wearable Sensors for Ergonomic Evaluation of Human-Robot Cooperative Workplaces.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
This work proposes a novel virtual reality system which makes use of wearable sensors for testing and validation of cooperative workplaces from the ergonomic point of view. The main objective is to show, in real time, the ergonomic evaluation based o...

Robotic Handle Prototypes for Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery: Pre-clinical Randomised Controlled Trial of Performance and Ergonomics.

Annals of biomedical engineering
Endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery is a promising alternative to transcranial approaches. However, standard instruments lack articulation, and thus, could benefit from robotic technologies. The aim of this study was to develop an ergonomic handl...

A comparison of laparoscopic and robotic ergonomic risk.

Surgical endoscopy
INTRODUCTION: Work related injuries in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) are common because of the strains placed on the surgeon's or assistant's body. The objective of this study was to compare specific ergonomic risks among surgeons and surgical tra...

Human-robot interaction: how worker influence in task allocation improves autonomy.

Ergonomics
Task allocation research is often efficiency-focussed, but procedural and work-psychological perspectives are required to enable human-centred human-robot interaction (HRI). Hence, the motivational and cognitive outcomes of the degree of worker influ...

Low-Cost Force Sensors Embedded in Physical Human-Machine Interfaces: Concept, Exemplary Realization on Upper-Body Exoskeleton, and Validation.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
In modern times, the collaboration between humans and machines increasingly rises, combining their respective benefits. The direct physical support causes interaction forces in human-machine interfaces, whereas their form determines both the effectiv...

Digital Twin-Driven Human Robot Collaboration Using a Digital Human.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Advances are being made in applying digital twin (DT) and human-robot collaboration (HRC) to industrial fields for safe, effective, and flexible manufacturing. Using a DT for human modeling and simulation enables ergonomic assessment during working. ...

Ergonomic port placement in robotic colorectal surgery.

Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
AIM: The aim of the study was to determine how spacing between ports and alignment of ports (oblique or vertical) influences manipulation angles in robotic colorectal surgery.

Preliminary examination of the potential of robot-assisted sonography - An ergonomic tool for obstetric sonographers.

Applied ergonomics
The aim of this study was to explore the ergonomic challenges, the needs and reservations related to robot-assisted ultrasound for obstetric sonographers and thereby to provide information for the design of robotic solutions. A mixed-method design wa...

Identify dominant dimensions of 3D hand shapes using statistical shape model and deep neural network.

Applied ergonomics
Hand anthropometry is one of the fundamentals of ergonomic research and product design. Many studies have been conducted to analyze the hand dimensions among different populations, however, the definitions and the numbers of those dimensions were usu...

Improved Mutual Understanding for Human-Robot Collaboration: Combining Human-Aware Motion Planning with Haptic Feedback Devices for Communicating Planned Trajectory.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
In a collaborative scenario, the communication between humans and robots is a fundamental aspect to achieve good efficiency and ergonomics in the task execution. A lot of research has been made related to enabling a robot system to understand and pre...