@inproceedings{d2c989116b284609beefc3af4586d7e5,
title = "Piloting the Use of an Upper Limb Passive Exoskeleton in Automotive Industry: Assessing User Acceptance and Intention of Use",
abstract = "The exoskeletons are being developed and recommended worldwide as wearable devices that could be used by workers exposed to demanding working conditions, such as overhead work. Many studies, designed for laboratory research, have been carried out so far and most of them came to the same kind of conclusions. With these findings it is expected that user acceptance (UA) and intention of use (IU) would not be a concern. This study was designed to assess UA and IU of an upper limb exoskeleton, Skelex MARK 1.3{\textregistered}, in a group of workstations, where technical and organizational measures implemented were not enough to reduce the exposure risk to overhead work and/or work above shoulder level, from an automotive industry assembly line. The exoskeleton was tested in 6 workstations, by 88 workers, during 4 consecutive weeks, since UA and IU are influenced by factors which only exist in real working scenarios.",
keywords = "Automotive industry, Passive exoskeleton, Upper limb exoskeleton, User acceptance",
author = "Gabriela Ferreira and Jacqueline Gaspar and Carlos Fuj{\~a}o and Nunes, {Isabel L.}",
note = "The author acknowledge Funda??o para a Ci?ncia e a Tecnologia (FCT-MCTES) for its financial support via the project UIDB/00667/2020 (UNIDEMI).; AHFE Virtual Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction, 2020 ; Conference date: 16-07-2020 Through 20-07-2020",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-51369-6_46",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-030-51368-9",
series = "Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "342--349",
editor = "Nunes, {Isabel L.}",
booktitle = "Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction: Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction",
address = "Netherlands",
}