Professur Arbeitswissenschaft

Equipment/Laboratories

Working environment laboratory
 Usability laboratory
 Laboratory for biometric and virtual ergonomics

 Ergonomics laboratory
Vehicle Laboratory

 

  Working environment laboratory
  Environmental factors influencing human beings are in the focus of interest in this laboratory. The work aims at preventing damages and optimizing the components considering circumstances at the workplace.

  Equipment

Measuring / benchmarking of the factors of working evironment:

  • Noise (acoustic pressure level-, acoustic performance-, sustainability evaluation and frequency analysis)
  • Oscillation (hand-arm oscillation, entire body oscillation)
  • Climate (determination of air and radiation temperature, humidity/- speed)
  • Hazardous substances (determination of gaseous concentration levels, gravimetric and consiscope measurement of dust exposure)
  • Lighting (determination of illuminance, reflection level, luminance)

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  Usability laboratory
  In the usability laboratory the work focuses on researching on the design and functionality of products, especially usability and system ergonomic development of handling logics.

  Equipment

  • Focus group room, observation room, usability laboratory and vehicle house
  • Usability Research Simulator (URS): modular ergonomic model for the assessment of product ergonomics and usability
  • Usability Research Simulator for Automotive (URSA): driving simulator with “Lane Change Task”
  • Virtual Prototyping Software Elektrobit Guide
  • Head acoustics audio analysis system
  • Eyetracker (headmounted and remote)
  • Audio and video technology

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  Laboratory for biometry and virtual ergonomics
  In the usability laboratory the work focuses on researching on the design and functionality of products, especially usability and system ergonomic development of handling logics.

  Equipment

  • CAD workstations (workstation with PRO/Engineer, CATIA, Autocad)
  • Digital factory (DELMIA, Tecnomatix)
  • Digital human models (Anthropos, Human-Builder, Jack, Ramsis, Poser)
  • Time analysis via TiCon and MTMergonomics
  • Test station for the generation of defined dynamic work strain
  • Electromyograpy (EMG) measuring system Velamed/Noraxon (32 channels, including goniometer, clinometer, accelerometer)
  • Measuring system to analyze the position of the spine (Thumedi PS11)
  • High frequency camera for fast movement analysis (max 3000 pictures per sec.)

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  Ergonomics laboratory
  The work at the ergonomics laboratory focuses on the technical design of workplaces and work components. Additionally, the laboratory can be used for larger events.

  Equipment

  • BOSCH installation workspaces for the purpose of recreating workspaces and chronological work sequences in a realistic and dimensional manner
  • Data compilation and analyzing system ORTIM
  • Time analysis/time measurement according to REFA rules
  • Development of working methods, equipment and products by applying present timing systems (MTM)

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  Vehicle Laboratory

  
The vehicle laboratory provides the opportunity of analyzing of both the exterior and interior of up to 5 real vehicles at the same time. The laboratory equipment also includes a static driving simulator.

  Equipment

  • Moveable walls to separate the laboratory into several partitions
  • Elaborate dimming mechanism to minimize confounding variables
  • Application of a modular energy model, the Usability Research Simulator (URS) , as research vehicle in the driving simulator
  • Flexible and individually configurable display concepts in the URS cockpit
  • Video- and audio technology
  • Eye-tracking

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