Robot ergonomics: A case study of chair design for Roomba

Ning  Tan; Rajesh Elara  Mohan; Yoke Ying Wong; Ricardo Sosa

doi:10.1109/ROMAN.2015.7333566

Robot ergonomics: A case study of chair design for Roomba

Ning Tan, Rajesh Elara Mohan, Yoke Ying Wong, Ricardo Sosa

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review

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Abstract

Ergonomics is the study of designing more human-friendly products, systems or processes for human. By extending this concept to robotics field, we propose robot ergonomics which is a transdisciplinary approach that brings together roboticists, product designers, and architects to solve numerous unsettled research problems or technology bottlenecks in robotics community through designing products for robots. This paper focuses on a case study of chair design for Roomba. Seven design criteria are proposed and intensive experiments are performed to validate the criteria using 22 chairs. Based on such empirical design strategy, three generic principles (i.e., observability, accessibility, and safety) of chair design are extracted for Roomba.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
Place of Publication	Kobe, Japan
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	246-251
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467367042
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2015.7333566
Publication status	Published - 20 Nov 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	IEEE/RSJ International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication 2015 - Kobe, Japan Duration: 31 Aug 2015 → 4 Sep 2015 Conference number: 24th

Conference

Conference	IEEE/RSJ International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication 2015
Abbreviated title	RO-MAN 2015
Country	Japan
City	Kobe
Period	31/08/15 → 4/09/15

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Tan, N, Mohan, RE, Wong, YY & Sosa, R 2015, Robot ergonomics: A case study of chair design for Roomba. in Proceedings of the 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Kobe, Japan, pp. 246-251, IEEE/RSJ International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication 2015, Kobe, Japan, 31/08/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2015.7333566

Robot ergonomics : A case study of chair design for Roomba. / Tan, Ning ; Mohan, Rajesh Elara ; Wong, Yoke Ying; Sosa, Ricardo.

Proceedings of the 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. Kobe, Japan : IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2015. p. 246-251.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review

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