Existing static methods of usability are not effective in application to the dynamic processes like rehabilitation, work safety, implementation of new work and communication technologies including e-business. Joint and independent work of eyes and arms in manual assembly was experimentally studied as a factor of usability and occupational safety. Principles of a dynamic usability are suggested. Application of the principles is demonstrated with invention and usability testing of assembly workstations with indirect observation of operations and negative tilt of work surface.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
AarasA. (1994). The impact of ergonomic intervention on individual health and corporate prosperity in a telecommunications environment. Ergonomics, 37, No. 10, 1679–1696.
2.
RosenstockL. (1997). Written testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Workforce Protection, Committee on Education and the Workforce, on May 21, 1997.
3.
VendaV. F.VendaYuriV. (1991). Transformation dynamics in complex systems, Journal of Washington Academy of Science, #4, December.
4.
VendaV. F. (1995) Ergodynamics: Theory and applications, Keynote Address for the World Ergonomics Congress IEA'94, Ergonomics, 1995, VOL. 38, NO. 8, 1600–1616.
5.
VendaV. F.VendaYuriV. (1995). Dynamics in Ergonomics, Psychology, and Decisions: Introduction to Ergodynamics. Norwood: Ablex.
