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I Let Go Now! Towards a Voice-User Interface for Handovers between Robots and Users with Full and Impaired Sight

open access: yesRobotics, 2022
Handing over objects is a collaborative task that requires participants to synchronize their actions in terms of space and time, as well as their adherence to social standards. If one participant is a social robot and the other a visually impaired human,
Dorothea Langer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The design with intent method: A design tool for influencing user behaviour [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The official published version can be found at the link below.Using product and system design to influence user behaviour offers potential for improving performance and reducing user error, yet little guidance is available at the concept generation ...
Adams   +85 more
core   +2 more sources

Smart Closed‐Loop Systems in Personalized Healthcare: Advances and Outlook

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A smart closed‐loop e‐textile integrates multimodal sensing, onboard processing, wireless communication, and wearable power to enable real‐time physiological/biochemical monitoring and feedback‐controlled therapy. ABSTRACT Smart textiles represent a revolutionary frontier in healthcare, seamlessly blending fabric and advanced technologies to create ...
Safoora Khosravi   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of a Social Robot's Autonomy and Group Orientation on Human Decision-Making

open access: yesAdvances in Human-Computer Interaction, 2013
Social attributes of intelligent robots are important for human-robot systems. This paper investigates influences of robot autonomy (i.e., high versus low) and group orientation (i.e., ingroup versus outgroup) on a human decision-making process.
Pei-Luen Patrick Rau, Ye Li, Jun Liu
doaj   +1 more source

The APHIRM toolkit: an evidence-based system for workplace MSD risk management

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) continue as one of the largest occupational health and safety problems worldwide. One reason for this situation is that current workplace risk management practices fail to meet some important evidence-based requirements ...
Jodi Oakman, Wendy Macdonald
doaj   +1 more source

Wellbeing at Work—Emotional Impact on Workers Using a Worker Guidance System Designed for Positive User Experience

open access: yesMultimodal Technologies and Interaction, 2022
Wellbeing at work can be achieved through different strategies; designing for a positive user experience (UX) is one way. However, the relationship between wellbeing and professionally used technology is rather unexplored, especially in work areas that ...
Magdalena Laib   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Integrated Simulation System for Human Factors Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
It has been reported that virtual reality can be a useful tool for ergonomics study. The proposed integrated simulation system aims at measuring operator's performance in an interactive way for 2D control panel design. By incorporating some sophisticated
Bennis, Fouad   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

A review of contemporary techniques for measuring ergonomic wear comfort of protective and sport clothing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Protective and sport clothing is governed by protection requirements, performance, and comfort of the user. The comfort and impact performance of protective and sport clothing are typically subjectively measured, and this is a multifactorial and dynamic ...
Ciesielska-Wrobel, Izabela   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Person Re-Identification Using Additive Distance Constraint With Similar Labels Loss

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2020
Despite the promising progress made in recent years, person re-identification (Re-ID) remains a challenging task due to the intra-class variations.
Guofa Li   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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