Bio-inspired aircraft control

2018 ◽  
Vol 90 (6) ◽  
pp. 983-991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Zikmund ◽  
Miroslav Macík ◽  
Petr Dvořák ◽  
Zdeněk Míkovec
Keyword(s):  
Haptic Feedback ◽  
Aircraft Control ◽  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Natural Flow ◽  
Control System Architecture ◽  
Machine Interaction ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Small Aircraft

Purpose This paper aims to present a state-of-the-art review in various fields of interest, leading to a new concept of bio-inspired control of small aircraft. The main goal is to improve controllability and safety in flying at low speeds. Design/methodology/approach The review part of the paper gives an overview of artificial and natural flow sensors and haptic feedback actuators and applications. This background leads to a discussion part where the topics are synthesized and the trend in control of small aircraft is estimated. Findings The gap in recent aircraft control is identified in the pilot–aircraft interaction. A pilot’s sensory load is discussed and several recommendations for improved control system architecture are laid out in the paper. Practical implications The paper points out an opportunity for a following research of suggested bio-inspired aircraft control. The control is based on the artificial feeling of aerodynamic forces acting on a wing by means of haptic feedback. Originality/value The paper merges two research fields – aircraft control and human–machine interaction. This combination reveals new possibilities of aircraft control.

How AI chatbots have reshaped the frontline interface in China: examining the role of sales–service ambidexterity and the personalization–privacy paradox

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Fan ◽  
Bing Han ◽  
Wei Gao ◽  
Wenqian Li
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Polynomial Regression ◽  
Customer Experience ◽  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Privacy Paradox ◽  
Machine Interaction

PurposeThis study serves two purposes: (1) to evaluate the effects of organizational ambidexterity by examining how the balanced and the combined sales–service configurations of chatbots differ in their abilities to enhance customer experience and patronage and (2) to apply information boundary theory to assess the contingent role that chatbot sales–service ambidexterity can play in adapting to customers' personalization–privacy paradox.Design/methodology/approachAn online survey of artificial intelligence chatbots users was conducted, and a mixed-methods research design involving response surface analysis and polynomial regression was adopted to address the research aim.FindingsThe results of polynomial regressions on survey data from 507 online customers indicated that as the benefits of personalization decreased and the risk to privacy increased, the inherently negative (positive) effects of imbalanced (combined) chatbots' sales–service ambidexterity had an increasing (decreasing) influence on customer experience. Furthermore, customer experience fully mediated the association of chatbots' sales–service ambidexterity with customer patronage.Originality/valueFirst, this study enriches the literature on frontline ambidexterity and extends it to the setting of human–machine interaction. Second, the study contributes to the literature on the personalization–privacy paradox by demonstrating the importance of frontline ambidexterity for adapting to customer concerns. Third, the study examines the conduit between artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots' ambidexterity and sales performance, thereby helping to reconcile the previously inconsistent evidence regarding this relationship.

scholarly journals Metrological and Critical Characterization of the Intel D415 Stereo Depth Camera

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Carfagni ◽  
Rocco Furferi ◽  
Lapo Governi ◽  
Chiara Santarelli ◽  
Michaela Servi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Engineering ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Engineering Applications ◽  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
New Device ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Close Range ◽  
Machine Interaction

Low-cost RGB-D cameras are increasingly used in several research fields including human-machine interaction, safety, robotics, biomedical engineering and even Reverse Engineering applications. Among the plethora of commercial devices, the Intel RealSense cameras proved to be among the best suitable devices, providing a good compromise between cost, ease of use, compactness and precision. Released on the market in January 2018, the new Intel model RealSense D415 has a wide acquisition range (i.e. ~160-10000 mm) and a narrow field of view to capture objects in rapid motion. Given the unexplored potential of this new device, especially when used as a 3D scanner, the present work aims to characterize and to provide metrological considerations on the RealSense D415. In particular, tests are carried out to assess the device performances in the near range (i.e. 100-1000 mm). Characterization is performed by integrating the guidelines of the existing standard (i.e. the German VDI/VDE 2634 part 2 normative) with a number of literature-based strategies. Performance analysis is finally compared against latest close-range sensors, thus providing a useful guidance for researchers and practitioners aiming to use RGB-D cameras in Reverse Engineering applications.

scholarly journals Metrological and Critical Characterization of the Intel D415 Stereo Depth Camera

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Carfagni ◽  
Rocco Furferi ◽  
Lapo Governi ◽  
Chiara Santarelli ◽  
Michaela Servi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Engineering ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Engineering Applications ◽  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
New Device ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Close Range ◽  
Machine Interaction

Low-cost RGB-D cameras are increasingly being used in several research fields, including human–machine interaction, safety, robotics, biomedical engineering and even reverse engineering applications. Among the plethora of commercial devices, the Intel RealSense cameras have proven to be among the most suitable devices, providing a good compromise between cost, ease of use, compactness and precision. Released on the market in January 2018, the new Intel model RealSense D415 has a wide acquisition range (i.e., ~160–10,000 mm) and a narrow field of view to capture objects in rapid motion. Given the unexplored potential of this new device, especially when used as a 3D scanner, the present work aims to characterize and to provide metrological considerations for the RealSense D415. In particular, tests are carried out to assess the device performance in the near range (i.e., 100–1000 mm). Characterization is performed by integrating the guidelines of the existing standard (i.e., the German VDI/VDE 2634 Part 2) with a number of literature-based strategies. Performance analysis is finally compared against the latest close-range sensors, thus providing a useful guidance for researchers and practitioners aiming to use RGB-D cameras in reverse engineering applications.

Control and monitoring assistant for pilot

2019 ◽  
Vol 91 (5) ◽  
pp. 783-789
Author(s):  
Jacek Pieniazek
Keyword(s):  
Working Environment ◽  
System Structure ◽  
Structural Flexibility ◽  
Aircraft Control ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Change Perception ◽  
Simultaneous Control ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Cooperation of a pilot with an automated aircraft control and monitoring systems is a problem which should be solved designing the whole system. The method of design, which creates an assistant of a pilot, is the purpose of this study. Design/methodology/approach An analysis of human factors shows demands for working environment. An integration method for various technological systems and algorithms is searched. Findings It is possible to make the whole system to become a pilot assistant, which has ability to exchange information with pilot by a dialogue. Structural flexibility is obtained in multi-agent system structure. Practical implications Proposed approach is a solution of how to integrate increasing amount of aircraft systems. It is expected that new form of cooperation fits to human features. Proposed methodology solves problem of simultaneous control by two controllers and cooperative making decisions. Social implications Dialogue between human and the system proposed in this solution will change perception of machines. Originality/value New abilities of machines and proposition of their realisation are presented. Presented solution of simultaneous control and decision-making during aircraft control is a novel approach to human–machine cooperation.

Artificial intelligence and creative activities inside organizational behavior

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Paesano
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Harvard Business Review ◽  
Negative Externalities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This study aims to investigate about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) (man machine relationship) regarding organizational behavior. The aim of this research paper is to analyze whether the current AI is used also to replace man in “creative” activities. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on a qualitative and explorative approach. It is made a review of the literature with “Scopus” and “Web of Science” databases. The research fields are AI, organizational behavior, man-machine relationship and creativity. Findings Analyzing whether the intensive use of AI in organizational behavior can replace human work in creative activities. Research limitations/implications The connection of AI with creative activities within the organization is only just beginning. For this reason, other sources, like Harvard Business Review, public reports and professional papers found on the internet have been considered. The most important limitation of this paper is that all the results presented here do not concern a single case study. Practical implications In this paper, there are some examples that can show the use of AI in creative activities; however, this does not complete the situation facing companies in any sector because the AI technologies used within enterprises are constantly evolving. It is possible to continue to do research in this field. Originality/value The paper is meaningful because highlights the development of AI toward creative activities typically of human resources. It is also interesting because it analyzes the exploratory use of AI in increasingly human work, generating positive and negative externalities.

User-friendly task level programming based on an online walk-through teaching approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Brunete ◽  
Carlos Mateo ◽  
Ernesto Gambao ◽  
Miguel Hernando ◽  
Jukka Koskinen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Visual Programming ◽  
Industrial Robots ◽  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
A New Technique ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Machine Interaction ◽  
Task Level

Purpose – This paper aims to propose a new technique for programming robotized machining tasks based on intuitive human–machine interaction. This will enable operators to create robot programs for small-batch production in a fast and easy way, reducing the required time to accomplish the programming tasks. Design/methodology/approach – This technique makes use of online walk-through path guidance using an external force/torque sensor, and simple and intuitive visual programming, by a demonstration method and symbolic task-level programming. Findings – Thanks to this technique, the operator can easily program robots without learning every robot-specific language and can design new tasks for industrial robots based on manual guidance. Originality/value – The main contribution of the paper is a new procedure to program machining tasks based on manual guidance (walk-through teaching method) and user-friendly visual programming. Up to now, the acquisition of paths and the task programming were done in separate steps and in separate machines. The authors propose a procedure for using a tablet as the only user interface to acquire paths and to make a program to use this path for machining tasks.

(Re)Locating boundaries: a systematic review of online ethnography

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deniz Tunçalp ◽  
Patrick L. Lê
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Online Ethnography ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
Social Sciences Citation Index ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to systematically review online ethnography and its boundary challenges. The paper especially focusses on how researchers draw space boundaries, set time boundaries and engage their online field. Design/methodology/approach – The authors perform a systematic review of extant literature and identify 59 papers in 40 different journals as online ethnographies from various management disciplines. The authors perform both qualitative and quantitative analyses on papers in the sample. Findings – The paper identifies how online ethnographers both define boundaries and engage their online field. The paper shows that some of the advantages of online ethnography actually prompt researchers to favor-specific research designs over others. Research limitations/implications – The authors only focussed on articles adopting online ethnography in organization and management studies that are listed in Social Sciences Citation Index database. Online ethnographies in other research fields and indexes are not studied in this paper. Practical implications – The paper makes suggestions on how to complement existing online ethnographies to reach a more comprehensive practice of online ethnography. Social implications – The systematic review may help researchers to locate useful online ethnography examples across various management disciplines and may contribute to the maturation of online ethnography. Originality/value – The paper synthesizes emerging trends in online ethnography and identifies how specific advantages actually prompt online ethnographers to limit themselves in their research designs.

Emotional labor in a sales ecosystem: a salesperson-customer interactional framework

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Klein
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Emotional Labor ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Sales Representatives ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Integrated Framework ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The concept of emotional labor refers to the management of emotions in interaction with customers. This study aims to suggest an integrative definition of emotional labor. It develops a conceptual framework that helps organize and synthesize key insights from the literature, in an interactional and multi-level perspective. Design/methodology/approach This integrated framework consists in a mapping of key research themes resulting from a systematic literature review, which includes research in sales and marketing. As critical affective processes in sales have not been studied sufficiently, both in business-to-business and business-to-customer selling, this review also incorporates works in other research fields. Findings Sales representatives’ emotional labor must be considered as a bi-directional interaction with the customer in a multi-level perspective. Moreover, emotional labor has rather negative consequences for the salesperson (e.g. burnout and job stress), but may have positive sales and customer outcomes. Findings suggest that the expression of genuine emotions should be used during sales interactions. In addition, organizations should prevent customers’ negative behaviors (e.g. mistreatment). Practical implications Emotional labor key practical implications with regard to several management functions such as the recruitment, performance management and training (Ashkanasy and Daus, 2002) of the sales representatives. Originality/value Research on emotional labor in a sales ecosystem is scarce. It has largely covered service industry employees in contact with customers, but has not paid enough attention to sales representatives (Mikeska et al., 2015). The proposed integrated framework concerning emotional labor focuses on the bi-directional interaction between the sales representatives and their customers.

Conceptualizing communicative leadership

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catrin Johansson ◽  
Vernon D. Miller ◽  
Solange Hamrin
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Communication Competence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Public Organisation ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The concept of “communicative leadership” is used in organisations that analyse and develop leaders' communication competence. A scholarly definition of this concept is lacking, and the implications of leaders' communication and the development of communication competence for organisations are rarely discussed. The purpose of this paper is to create a theoretical framework around the concept of “communicative leadership”, which can contribute to future research and development of leaders' communication competence. Design/methodology/approach – Three research questions were addressed: what communicative behaviours are central to leaders? How can “communicative leaders” be characterised? What is a “communicative leader”? Literature from the leadership and communication research fields was reviewed and related to these questions. Findings – Four central communicative behaviours of leaders (i.e. structuring, facilitating, relating, and representing), eight principles of communicative leadership, and a tentative definition are presented. A communicative leader is defined as someone who engages employees in dialogue, actively shares and seeks feedback, practices participative decision making, and is perceived as open and involved. Practical implications – A theoretical foundation to the practice of analysing and developing leaders' communication competence is provided, which is related to employee engagement and organisational performance. Originality/value – Communicative leadership is a concept emerging from organisational needs, articulated by corporate and public organisation leaders. This article links its core constructs to academic quantitative and qualitative research in an integrated framework, which can guide further research and the development of leaders' communication competence.

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