Ergonomic Checks in Tractors through Motion Capturing

Publication Type

Journal contribution

Authors

Schempp, T.; Böttinger, S.

Year of publication

2017

Published in

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Editor

AIDIC

ISBN / ISSN / eISSN

978-88-95608-52-5 / 2283-9216

DOI

10.3303/CET1758006

Page (from - to)

31-36

Conference name

XXXVII CIOSTA Conference - Research and Innovation for the Sustainable and Safe Management of Agricultural and Forestry Systems

Conference location

Palermo, Italien

Conference date

13.-15.06.2017

Keywords

Ackerschlepper, Motion Capturing

The evaluation of the ergonomic design of driver cabins is often done by asking subjects. This paper
describes a proposal for a motion capturing method that allows an objective analysis and evaluation of
gripping areas and of the accessibility of control elements. A camera films subjects while they are executing use cases. Simultaneously, the positions of their joints in space are measured. These positions allow the calculation of the joint angles based on the frames of the camera. Finally, comparing them with comfort angles from the literature allows the ergonomic evaluation of gripping areas. In particular, this paper explains the motion capturing process itself, the concept for an evaluation procedure of the captured motions, and a statistical model to validate the whole method with subjects.

Paper presented at CIOSTA 2017, Palermo, Italy