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

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dc.contributor.authorCharalambous, George
dc.contributor.authorFletcher, Sarah R.
dc.contributor.authorWebb, Philip
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-13T10:26:59Z
dc.date.available2017-01-13T10:26:59Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-06
dc.description.abstractThe 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 standards, there have been few operational examples of true HRC, so it has not been possible to explore the organisational human factors that need to be considered by manufacturing organisations to realise the benefits of industrial HRC until recently. Charalambous, Fletcher and Webb (2015) made the first attempt to identify the key organisational human factors for the successful implementation of industrial HRC through an industrial exploratory case study. This work enabled (i) development of a theoretical framework of key organisational human factors relevant to industrial HRC and (ii) identification of these factors as enablers or barriers. Although identifying the key organisational human factors (HF) was an important step, it presented a crucial question: when should practitioners involved in HRC design and implementation consider these factors? New industrial processes are typically designed and implemented using a maturity or readiness evaluation system, but these do not incorporate of or link to any formal considerations of HF. The aim of this paper is to expand on the previous findings and link the key human factors in the theoretical framework directly to a recognised industrial maturity readiness level system to develop a new Human Factors Readiness Level (HFRL) tool for system design practitioners to optimise successful implementation of industrial HRC.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationGeorge Charalambous, Sarah R. Fletcher, Philip Webb, The development of a Human Factors Readiness Level tool for implementing industrial human-robot collaboration, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, First Online: 06 January 2017, DOI: 10.1007/s00170-016-9876-6en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0268-3768
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00170-016-9876-6
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11264
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
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dc.subjectHuman factorsen_UK
dc.subjectHuman-robot collaborationen_UK
dc.subjectIndustrial robotsen_UK
dc.subjectTechnology readinessen_UK
dc.subjectAutomation acceptanceen_UK
dc.subjectIntelligent automationen_UK
dc.titleThe development of a Human Factors Readiness Level tool for implementing industrial human-robot collaborationen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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