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The Working Posture Controller—Automated Assessment and Optimisation of the Working Posture During the Process

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Advances in Applied Digital Human Modeling and Simulation

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 481))

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We present the Working Posture Controller (WPC), a novel technology to help workers preventing posture-related Musculo-skeletal disorders. The innovation lies in the fact that the system does not require tedious work place design or process planning, since it automatises these steps. We discuss this technology from different views including a first technical evaluation, discussions concerning use cases, safety and economic and legal challenges when integrating such a technology into the production line.

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This research is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) SFB 1026 Sustainable Manufacturing Shaping Global Value Creation at Technische Universität Berlin. The authors would like to thank Jan Kuschan for providing valuable feedback.

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  1. Technische Universität Berlin, Chair for Automation Technology, Pascalstr. 8-9, 10587, Berlin, Germany

    The Duy Nguyen & Jörg Krüger

  2. INPRO Innovationsgesellschaft mbH Berlin, Steinplatz 2, 10623, Berlin, Germany

    Carla Pilz

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Nguyen, T.D., Pilz, C., Krüger, J. (2017). The Working Posture Controller—Automated Assessment and Optimisation of the Working Posture During the Process. In: Duffy, V. (eds) Advances in Applied Digital Human Modeling and Simulation. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 481. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41627-4_10

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