Title :
Ergonomics and cognitive engineering for robot-human cooperation
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Hiroshima City Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Describes the importance of ergonomics and cognitive engineering for robot-human cooperation. First, the concepts of ergonomics and cognitive engineering are briefly explained. Together, the advantages and disadvantages of humans and machines (robots) are listed to compare features between humans and machines and discriminate humans from machines (robots). The transition of robot-human cooperation from the coexistence type to the cooperation type with advanced automation technology and the elaboration of intelligent machines or robots is also pointed out. On the basis of the discussion; the problems in the case of designing robot-human cooperation systems are pointed out and identified from the viewpoints of ergonomics and human factors. A few examples of results from the ergonomic and cognitive engineering research are briefly described
Keywords :
cognitive systems; ergonomics; human factors; man-machine systems; robots; advanced automation technology; cognitive engineering; intelligent machines; robot-human cooperation; Cognitive robotics; Cooperative systems; Design engineering; Ergonomics; Human factors; Instruments; Intelligent robots; Man machine systems; Robotics and automation; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2000. RO-MAN 2000. Proceedings. 9th IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Osaka
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6273-X
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2000.892496
