积极的背部外衣显示出积极的可用性感知,这推动了物流仓库工作人员在现场使用的意图
Adam Hess1, Jesse V Jacobs2, Sarah Sullivan3
1School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Applied ergonomics
|October 10, 2024
概括
大多数员工都认为背部外衣可以减少工作场所的伤害. 感知到的有效性和工作兼容性是预测这种可穿戴机器人技术的持续使用的关键因素.
科学领域:
- 人体工程学和人类因素
- 职业健康和安全问题 职业健康和安全问题
- 机器人和可穿戴技术
背景情况:
- 职业背部伤害是工作场所的一个重大危险.
- 背部外衣在缓解这些伤害方面表现有希望,但需要用户接受才能广泛采用.
- 现场可用性对于实现可穿戴机器人技术的潜在好处至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估员工在现场接受和使用活跃背部外套的可用性.
- 确定影响员工继续使用背外套技术的意愿因素.
- 根据感知到的有效性和工作兼容性来预测使用意图.
主要方法:
- 146名员工在他们的工作环境中试用了一件活跃的背部外衣4小时.
- 在试验后进行了接受可用性调查.
- 使用最佳树方法来分析预测性特征的使用意图.
主要成果:
- 80%的员工 (N=117) 愿意继续穿背部外套.
- 继续使用的意愿与感知到的外衣有效性和工作兼容性正相关.
- 通过感知有效性和兼容性的相互作用,预测使用意图的准确率为78%.
结论:
- 任务匹配,明显的减轻和不引人注目的设计对于员工短期接受工业背部外衣至关重要.
- 用户对有效性和兼容性的积极看法推动了可穿戴机器人解决方案的采用.
- 未来的发展应侧重于整合这些因素,以提高用户的接受度和减少职业背部伤害.
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