Advances in Ergonomic Design of Systems, Products and Processes: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of GfA 2016

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Best-Practice Approach for a Solution-Oriented Technology Assessment: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in the Context of Human-Robot Collaboration....Pages 1-14
Human-Oriented Productivity Management as a Key Criterion for Success in the Digitalised Working World....Pages 15-30
Recource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem: Investigation of the Quality of Project Plans....Pages 31-59
Fields of Action for Work Design in Industrie 4.0....Pages 61-72
Skilled Workers: Are They the Losers of “Industry 4.0”?....Pages 73-87
Work Requirements and Qualifications in Maintenance 4.0....Pages 89-102
Development of a Business Game for Teaching the Kanban Method....Pages 103-114
Training Interventions to Increase Innovation and Productivity in Age-Diverse Teams....Pages 115-124
Change into an Ergonomic 3 Shift Model with a Reduction of the Night Shifts for All Workers....Pages 125-133
Vocational Competency Management Through the Use of Serious Games: Opportunities and Risks Using the Example of the Harbour Industry....Pages 135-148
Retirement Research Requires a Broad View and Interdiciplinarity....Pages 149-158
Age-Differentiated Analysis of the Influence of Task Descriptions on Learning Sensorimotor Tasks....Pages 159-175
The Potential of Virtual Interactive Learning Environments for Individual and Organizational Learning: An Example for the Maintenance of Electrical Equipment....Pages 177-190
Designing Rooms for Virtual, Informal Communication: Reciprocal Awareness as a Central Criterion....Pages 191-208
Analysis of the Stress and Strain of Repetitive Assembly Tasks....Pages 209-218
Analysis and Evaluation of Physical Workload During Long-Cyclic Tasks as a Prerequisite for Ergonomic Work Design....Pages 219-232
Walking “Normally” vs. “Sideways” in Simulated, Simple Assembly Operations: Analysis of Muscular Strain in the Legs....Pages 233-245
Analysis of a Multimodal Human-Robot-Interface in Terms of Mental Workload....Pages 247-260
How to Evaluate the Usability of Smart Devices as Conceivable Work Assistance: A Systematic Review....Pages 261-274
Menu Styles of Mobile Devices and Their Influence on Gaze Behavior While Walking....Pages 275-288
An Age-Differentiated Perspective on Visualizations of Personal Health Data....Pages 289-308
How the Duration of Automated Driving Influences Take-Over Performance and Gaze Behavior....Pages 309-318
Uncanny and Unsafe Valley of Assistance and Automation: First Sketch and Application to Vehicle Automation....Pages 319-334
Man-Robot Collaboration in the Context of Industry 4.0: Approach-Avoidance Tendencies as an Indicator for the Affective Quality of Interaction?....Pages 335-348
Joint Angle Depending Representation of Maximum Forces in Digital Human Models: Investigating Multivariate Joint-Torque Polynomials for Elbow Flexion and Elbow Extension....Pages 349-366