TY - GEN
T1 - How Workers Perceive LAEVO Exoskeleton Use in Non-cyclic Tasks
AU - Flor, Raquel
AU - Gaspar, Jacqueline
AU - Fujão, Carlos
AU - Nunes, Isabel L.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments. The author acknowledge Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT - MCTES) for its financial support via the project UIDB/00667/2020 (UNIDEMI).
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Exoskeletons are an innovation that have been increasingly explored in various fields. In fact, industries are one sector that have been investing in the studies of this new equipment to answer the unnecessary efforts made by the operators, where technical and organizational measures implemented are not enough to reduce the risk exposure to demanding working conditions. Hence, a study was conducted to understand the operator’s perceptions in the workplace regarding the use of a low back passive exoskeleton (Laevo). Ease of performing the different tasks with the use of the exoskeleton, ease of use, discomfort, perceived effort with and without the use of this equipment, acceptance, usability, and intention to use it, were the parameters assessed in this study. The exoskeleton was tested in 3 workstations, by a total of 23 workers during tasks that required trunk flexion, manual material handling or both in an automotive industry. The goal was to develop a pilot test, study the participants' perceptions and opinions, and conclude whether the exoskeletons are ready for the industrial context in non-cyclic processes.
AB - Exoskeletons are an innovation that have been increasingly explored in various fields. In fact, industries are one sector that have been investing in the studies of this new equipment to answer the unnecessary efforts made by the operators, where technical and organizational measures implemented are not enough to reduce the risk exposure to demanding working conditions. Hence, a study was conducted to understand the operator’s perceptions in the workplace regarding the use of a low back passive exoskeleton (Laevo). Ease of performing the different tasks with the use of the exoskeleton, ease of use, discomfort, perceived effort with and without the use of this equipment, acceptance, usability, and intention to use it, were the parameters assessed in this study. The exoskeleton was tested in 3 workstations, by a total of 23 workers during tasks that required trunk flexion, manual material handling or both in an automotive industry. The goal was to develop a pilot test, study the participants' perceptions and opinions, and conclude whether the exoskeletons are ready for the industrial context in non-cyclic processes.
KW - Automotive industry
KW - Non-cyclic tasks
KW - Passive exoskeleton
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85112147868&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-79816-1_19
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-79816-1_19
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85112147868
SN - 978-3-030-79815-4
T3 - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
SP - 147
EP - 154
BT - Advances in Human Factors and System Interactions - Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction, 2021
A2 - Nunes, Isabel L.
PB - Springer
CY - Cham
T2 - AHFE Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction, 2021
Y2 - 25 July 2021 through 29 July 2021
ER -
