scholarly journals Performance Analysis of Urban Cleaning Devices Using Human–Machine Interaction Method

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 5846
Author(s):  
María Alonso-García ◽  
Ana García-Sánchez ◽  
Paula Jaén-Moreno ◽  
Manuel Fernández-Rubio
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Interaction Method ◽  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Limited Company ◽  
Cleaning Device ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Machine Interaction

Presently, several jobs require the collaboration of humans and machines to perform different services and tasks. The ease and intuitiveness of the worker when using each machine will not only improve the worker’s experience but also improve the company’s productivity and the satisfaction that all users have. Specifically, electromechanical devices used to provide cleaning services require complex interactions. These interactions determine the usability and performance of devices. Therefore, devices must have appropriate ergonomic arrangements for human–machine interactions. Otherwise, the desired performance cannot be achieved. This study analyzes the performance of an urban cleaning device (pressure washer on a power take-off van) using human–machine interaction method. The method measures visceral and behavioral levels (set by Norman) and service times. Using these measurements, the usability of the pressure washer is determined according to different factors that facilitate the operator’s well-being in the working environment. A pressure washer from Feniks Cleaning and Safety, Limited Company, has been studied. Sixteen errors related to ergonomics, usability and safety were identified in this machine, which operates in more than 40 locations in Spain. Therefore, this study provides valuable information on the usability and performance of pressure washers, as well as possibilities for improvement.

scholarly journals Empathy and Human-Machine Interaction

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-21
Author(s):  
Florence Gouvrit
Keyword(s):  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
Presence And Absence ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Machine Interaction

This paper presents the framework of the author’s practice and research exploring empathy and human-machine interaction in projects involving robotic art and video installations and performance. The works investigate emotions and embodiment, presence and absence, relationships and loss, and ways to implicate these ideas in encounters between technology-based artwork and the viewer.

Workload and Performance: Associations, Insensitivities, and Dissociations

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 374-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. Hancock ◽  
Gerald Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Conscious Experience ◽  
Physiological Reactivity ◽  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
Objective Performance ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Practical Design ◽  
Future Prediction ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Machine Interaction

Objective: The aim of this study was to distill and define those influences under which change in objective performance level and the linked cognitive workload reflections of subjective experience and physiological variation either associate, dissociate, or are insensitive, one to another. Background: Human factors/ergonomics frequently employs users’ self-reports of their own conscious experience, as well as their physiological reactivity, to augment the understanding of changing performance capacity. Under some circumstances, these latter workload responses are the only available assessment information to hand. How such perceptions and physiological responses match, fail to match, or are insensitive to the change in primary-task performance can prove critical to operational success. The reasons underlying these associations, dissociations, and insensitivities are central to the success of future effective human–machine interaction. Method: Using extant research on the relations between differing methods of workload assessment, factors influencing their association, dissociation, and insensitivity are identified. Results: Dissociations and insensitivities occur more frequently than extant explanatory theories imply. Methodological and conceptual reasons for these patterns of incongruity are identified and evaluated. Application: We often seek convergence of results in order to provide coherent explanations as bases for future prediction and practical design implementation. Identifying and understanding the causes as to why different reflections of workload diverge can help practitioners toward operational success.

Social stress and performance in human-machine interaction: a neglected research field

Ergonomics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (11) ◽  
pp. 1377-1391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juergen Sauer ◽  
Sven Schmutz ◽  
Andreas Sonderegger ◽  
Nadine Messerli
Keyword(s):  
Social Stress ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Machine Interaction

scholarly journals Public Open Spaces Evaluation Using Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) in Saudi Universities: The Case of King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 915
Author(s):  
Abdullah Addas ◽  
Ahmad Maghrabi ◽  
Ran Goldblatt
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Campus Planning ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
King Abdulaziz University ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Public Open Spaces

Public open spaces (POSs) provide multiple services (such as facilities for physical activities and social interactions) to local people, and these services are important for the well-being of society and for improving the quality of life. Extensive research on POSs has been carried out in developed countries (such as the US and Australia, as well as European countries including Spain, France, and Germany). However, POSs in the Saudi Arabian context remain unexplored. This study aims to examine the importance and performance of public open spaces on King Abdulaziz University (KAU) campus, Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia, using importance-performance analysis (IPA). One-way ANOVA and Kruskal–Wallis tests were performed to identify differences in the importance and performance of POSs. It was observed that there are significant differences between the importance and performance of public open spaces on the KAU campus, as perceived by stakeholders. Therefore, this study may be helpful in understanding the importance and performance of public open spaces, allowing spaces to be prioritized to improve management and restore open spaces to achieve environmental sustainability at a local scale. In addition, this study suggests that decision-makers involved in campus planning should consider the contribution of public open spaces to education, recreation, and the environment, at the campus planning stage.

Research on the Cutting Path Planning of Shearer Based on Expert System

2011 ◽  
Vol 383-390 ◽  
pp. 5738-5743
Author(s):  
Jin Peng Mi ◽  
Chao Tan ◽  
Guo Tong Quan
Keyword(s):  
Expert System ◽  
Path Planning ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
Working Principle ◽  
Memory Cutting ◽  
Cutting Path ◽  
Machine Interaction

According to the characteristics of shearer working environment and cutting work, on the base of analyze the working principle of shearer working, use the expert system theory to achieve cutting path planning. Used rule-based knowledge representation, adopted PROLOG language to compile the path planning network, knowledge acquisition used the design method based on rule skeleton and rule body and generated shearer cutting path planning knowledge base, through modifying the internal predicates can be easily achieved the knowledge base modify, storage and maintenance. Experimented in the model of MG900/2210 electrical haulage shearer 1:6 prototype, the experimental results showed that the cutting path planning can effectively improve the working reliability of shearer, by combining with human-machine interaction and remote path correction to solve the problem which can’t be solved through memory cutting and drum automatic adjustment height.

scholarly journals A Novel Natural Mobile Human-Machine Interaction Method With Augmented Reality

IEEE Access ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 154317-154330
Author(s):  
Guanglong Du ◽  
Bo Zhang ◽  
Chunquan Li ◽  
Hua Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Interaction Method ◽  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
Machine Interaction

Study of a New Stair-Climbing and Obstacle-Traversing Robot

2011 ◽  
Vol 211-212 ◽  
pp. 686-690
Author(s):  
Long Wang Yue ◽  
Ke Yan Wu ◽  
Chun Bo Liu
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Interaction Model ◽  
Planetary Gear ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Gear Train ◽  
Stair Climbing ◽  
Robot System ◽  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
Machine Interaction ◽  
Automatic Switching

The author introduced a new stair-climbing and obstacle-traversing robot system. According to its working environment, the parameters of driving wheels were determined with the optimization target of rotation axis’s undulation amplitude; The gear ratios of the driving planetary gear train were determined by running resistance, which can realize the automatic switching between rotation and revolution; According to its applicable situation, the robot’s control system was designed as a human-machine interaction model.

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