How Ergonomic Is Your Warehouse Job? Soon, An App Might Be Able to Tell You (IMAGE)

University of Washington

How Ergonomic Is Your Warehouse Job? Soon, An App Might Be Able to Tell You

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To test how well the algorithm might work in a warehouse, the researchers had a robot (white arm) monitor participants performing activities in a warehouse-like setting. Within three seconds of the end of each activity, the robot showed a score on its display (right).

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Parsa et al./IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

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