Ergonomics and Human Factors
The Mawson Institute ErgoLab has been designed to conduct research activities in Biomechanics, supporting a variety of scientific areas at world class level. The Mawson Institute Ergonomics group will concentrate on biomechanics problems related to the design of man-machine-systems , and offer state-of-the-art lab facilities to other research teams within UniSA such as Health Sciences and DASI. ErgoLab will also be able to offer services to biomedical researchers at Flinders University or to the Centre for Automotive Safety Research at the University of Adelaide.
The state-of-the-art facilities are designed to precisely measure human motion, human forces, human muscular activity (EMG) and interaction between the human body and its environment (e.g. surface pressure). The lab systems allow for kinematic and kinetic parameter identification, motion and force assessment, human motion modelling, anthropometric studies, biomechanics modelling, motion simulation, simulation of muscular activity and assessment or simulation of physical stress and load on the human skeletal, muscular and cardiovascular systems.
ErgoLab will especially support ergonomic studies into automotive package design, aeronautic passenger space design, maritime passenger space design, systems design, designs for assistive technologies for the elderly and disabled, manufacturing systems design and human posture. ErgoLab's framework will integrate into the latest and most successful global research activities in the area of biomechanics modelling in Ergonomics, actively pursuing collaboration with the world-leading Anybody Biomechanical Modelling Group and SIEMENS PLM for human modelling. The facilities can also be used for research into manufacturing systems design to investigate common human-robot interaction problems and the development of hybrid manufacturing systems.
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