Browsing by Author "Fletcher, Sarah R."

Adaptive automation assembly: Identifying system requirements for technical efficiency and worker satisfaction

Fletcher, Sarah R.; Johnson, Teegan L.; Adlon, Tobias; Larreina, Jon; Casla, Patricia; Parigot, Laure; Alfaro, Pedro J.; Del Mar Otero, María (Elsevier, 2019-03-23)

Manual assembly work systems bring high flexibility but low productivity in comparison to fully automated systems. To increase productivity but maintain flexibility, future systems need to incorporate greater levels of ...

Automating human skills : preliminary development of a human factors methodology to capture tacit cognitive skills

Caird-Daley, Antoinette; Fletcher, Sarah R.; Baker, William (Cranfield University Press, 2013-09-19)

Despite technological advances in intelligent automation, it remains difficult for engineers to discern which manual tasks, or task components, would be most suitable for transfer to automated alternatives. This research ...

The case for the development of novel human skills capture methodologies

Everitt, Jamie; Fletcher, Sarah R. (Taylor & Francis, 2015-04-13)

As the capabilities of industrial automation are growing, so is the ability to supplement or replace the more tacit, cognitive skills of manual operators. Whilst models have been published within the human factors literature ...

The development of a Human Factors Readiness Level tool for implementing industrial human-robot collaboration

Charalambous, George; Fletcher, Sarah R.; Webb, Philip (Springer, 2017-01-06)

The concept of industrial human-robot collaboration (HRC) is becoming increasingly attractive as a means for enhancing manufacturing productivity and product. However, due to traditional preventive health and safety ...

Development of a human factors roadmap for the successful implementation of industrial human-robot collaboration

Fletcher, Sarah R.; Webb, Philip; Charalambous, George (Springer, 2016-07-10)

The concept of industrial human-robot collaboration (HRC) is becoming increasingly integrated into manufacturing production lines as a means for enhancing productivity and product quality. However, developments have focused ...

The development of a human factors tool for the successful implementation of industrial human-robot collaboration

Charalambous, George (Cranfield University, 2014-11)

Manufacturing organisations have placed significant attention to the potential of industrial human-robot collaboration (HRC) as a means for enhancing productivity and product quality. This concept has predominantly been ...

Do speed and proximity affect human-robot collaboration with an industrial robot arm?

Story, Matthew; Webb, Phil; Fletcher, Sarah R.; Tang, Gilbert; Jaksic, Cyril; Carberry, Jon (Springer, 2022-01-07)

Current guidelines for Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC) allow a person to be within the working area of an industrial robot arm whilst maintaining their physical safety. However, research into increasing automation and ...

Evaluating the use of human aware navigation in industrial robot arms

Story, Matthew; Jaksic, Cyril; Fletcher, Sarah R.; Webb, Philip; Tang, Gilbert; Carberry, Jonathan (Walter de Gruyter, 2021-08-27)

Although the principles followed by modern standards for interaction between humans and robots follow the First Law of Robotics popularized in science fiction in the 1960s, the current standards regulating the interaction ...

Gesture detection towards real-time ergonomic analysis for intelligent automation assistance

Mgbemena, Chika Edith; Oyekan, John; Tiwari, Ashutosh; Xu, Yuchun; Fletcher, Sarah R.; Hutabarat, Windo; Prabhu, Vinayak Ashok (Springer, 2016-07-10)

Manual handling involves transporting of load by hand through lifting or lowering and operators on the manufacturing shop floor are daily faced with constant lifting and lowering operations which leads to Work-Related ...

How and why we need to capture tacit knowledge in manufacturing: Case studies of visual inspection

Johnson, Teegan L.; Fletcher, Sarah R.; Baker, W; Charles, Rebecca (Elsevier, 2018-08-03)

Human visual inspection skills remain superior for ensuring product quality and conformance to standards in the manufacturing industry. However, at present these skills cannot be formally shared with other workers or used ...

Human-automation collaboration in manufacturing: identifying key implementation factors

Charalambous, George; Fletcher, Sarah R.; Webb, Philip (Cranfield University Press, 2013-09-19)

Human-automation collaboration refers to the concept of human operators and intelligent automation working together interactively within the same workspace without conventional physical separation. This concept has commanded ...

Industrial robot ethics: facing the challenges of human-robot collaboration in future manufacturing systems

Fletcher, Sarah R.; Webb, Philip (Springer, 2017-01-07)

As a result of significant advances in information and communications technology the manufacturing industry is facing revolutionary changes whereby production processes will become increasingly digitised and interconnected ...

Investigating the effects of signal light position on human workload and reaction time in human-robot collaboration tasks

Johnson, Teegan L.; Fletcher, Sarah R.; Webb, Philip (Springer, 2016-07-10)

Critical to a seamless working relationship in human-robot collaborative environments is effective and frequent communication. This study looked to assess whether placing a light source on a robot was more effective for ...

An Investigation of Production Workers’ Performance Variations and the Potential Impact of Attitudes

Fletcher, Sarah R.; Baines, Tim S.; Harrison, D. K. (Springer Verlag, 2008-02)

In most manufacturing systems the contribution of human labour remains a vital element that affects overall performance and output. Workers’ individual performance is known to be a product of personal attitudes towards ...

The limitations of using only CAD and DHM in design relating to high value manufacturing

Johnson, Teegan L.; Fletcher, Sarah R. (CRC Press : Taylor and Francis Group, 2015-04-13)

The ergonomics suites available within computer aided design and digital human modelling programs are increasingly being used to predict and prevent ergonomic and human factors risk due to poor design. To further aid the ...

Putting people and robots together in manufacturing: are we ready?

Fletcher, Sarah R.; Johnson, Teegan L.; Larreina, J. (Unknown, 2017-12-31)

Traditionally, industrial robots have been completely segregated from people in manufacturing systems to mitigate the dangers posed by their operational speeds and heavy payloads. Putting human operators together with ...

Search strategies in human visual inspection

Charles, Rebecca; Tailor, Mitul; Fletcher, Sarah R. (Taylor and Francis, 2015-04-08)

Visual inspection in high value manufacturing is a task currently undertaken by highly trained human operators. Human operators show variability in detection rates and strategies. Work has been carried out (within the ...

A study to trial the use of inertial non-optical motion capture for ergonomic analysis of manufacturing work

Fletcher, Sarah R.; Johnson, Teegan L.; Thrower, John (Sage, 2016-08-26)

It is going to be increasingly important for manufacturing system designers to incorporate human activity data and ergonomic analysis with other performance data in digital design modelling and system monitoring. However, ...

Task analysis of discrete and continuous skills: a dual methodology approach to human skills capture for automation

Everitt, Jamie; Fletcher, Sarah R.; Caird-Daley, Antoinette (Taylor and Francis, 2015-04-11)

There is a growing requirement within the field of intelligent automation for a formal methodology to capture and classify explicit and tacit skills deployed by operators during complex task performance. This paper describes ...

Towards a theoretical framework for human performance modelling within manufacturing systems design

Baines, Tim S.; Asch, R.; Hadfield, Linda; Mason, J. P.; Fletcher, Sarah R.; Kay, John M. (Elsevier, 2005-09)

The performance of direct workers has a significant impact on the competitiveness of many manufacturing systems. Unfortunately, system designers are ill equipped to assess this impact during the design process. An opportunity ...

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