AIMC Topic: Man-Machine Systems

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Imposing Motion Variability for Ergonomic Human-Robot Collaboration.

IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors
OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONS"Overassistive" robots can adversely impact long-term human-robot collaboration in the workplace, leading to risks of worker complacency, reduced workforce skill sets, and diminished situational awareness. Ergonomics practiti...

Neuromorphic Nanoionics for Human-Machine Interaction: From Materials to Applications.

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Human-machine interaction (HMI) technology has undergone significant advancements in recent years, enabling seamless communication between humans and machines. Its expansion has extended into various emerging domains, including human healthcare, mach...

More Is Not Always Better: Impacts of AI-Generated Confidence and Explanations in Human-Automation Interaction.

Human factors
OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to enhance transparency in autonomous systems by automatically generating and visualizing confidence and explanations and assessing their impacts on performance, trust, preference, and eye-tracking behaviors in human-automa...

Teleoperator-Robot-Human Interaction in Manufacturing: Perspectives from Industry, Robot Manufacturers, and Researchers.

IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors
OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONSIndustrial robots have become an important aspect in modern industry. In the context of human-robot collaboration, enabling teleoperated robots to work in close proximity to local/onsite humans can provide new opportunities t...

Factors Affecting Workers' Mental Stress in Handover Activities During Human-Robot Collaboration.

Human factors
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the effects of different approach directions, movement speeds, and trajectories of a co-robot's end-effector on workers' mental stress during handover tasks.

A Literature Review on Safety Perception and Trust during Human-Robot Interaction with Autonomous Mobile Robots That Apply to Industrial Environments.

IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors
Occupational ApplicationsAutonomous mobile robots are used in manufacturing and warehousing industries, to transport material across the facility and deliver parts to work cells. Human workers might encounter or interact with these robots in aisle wa...

Physiological Indicators of Fluency and Engagement during Sequential and Simultaneous Modes of Human-Robot Collaboration.

IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors
OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONSAn understanding of fluency in human-robot teaming from a physiological standpoint is still incomplete. In our experimental study involving 24 participants, we designed a scenario for shared-space human-robot collaboration (H...

Human-in-the-Loop Optimization of Wearable Robotic Devices to Improve Human-Robot Interaction: A Systematic Review.

IEEE transactions on cybernetics
This article presents a systematic review on wearable robotic devices that use human-in-the-loop optimization (HILO) strategies to improve human-robot interaction. A total of 46 HILO studies were identified and divided into upper and lower limb robot...

Eye-Tracking in Physical Human-Robot Interaction: Mental Workload and Performance Prediction.

Human factors
BACKGROUND: In Physical Human-Robot Interaction (pHRI), the need to learn the robot's motor-control dynamics is associated with increased cognitive load. Eye-tracking metrics can help understand the dynamics of fluctuating mental workload over the co...

An Image-Based Human-Robot Collision Avoidance Scheme: A Proof of Concept.

IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors
OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONSIn modern industrial plants, collisions between humans and robots pose a significant risk to occupational safety. To address this concern, we sought to devise a reliable system for human-robot collision avoidance system emplo...