Virtual humans and prototypes to evaluate ergonomics and safety

Journal of Engineering Design

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-203

  Colombo, Giorgio ^a   Cugini, Umberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Safety; Simulation; Virtual human; Virtual prototype

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MACHINE DESIGN; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; VIRTUAL REALITY;

HUMAN MODELING; VIRTUAL HUMAN; VIRTUAL PROTOTYPES; WIREFRAMES;

SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

EID: 19844373172     PISSN: 09544828     EISSN: 14661837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544820500031542     Document Type: Article

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