Evaluating the Impact of the Use of Augmented Reality on Human Centered Design

Abstract

A caution design of a workstation must consider all the factors of Human Centered Design, because it must include the Design of the environment along with the design of the workspace but without forgetting the compliance of international and local norms established for those topics. Evaluating an operator posture is an essential part of that design because it is the study of working conditions. For this specific task, there are various methods for assessing postures in a job: RULAS, Corlett, SWAT, VIRA, ARBAN, Keyserling, etc. In this paper we will present the result of the risk evaluation of various postures by different analysts using two different methods, the RULAS method and the use of an Augmented Reality application designed for the same purpose. The goal of the study is to define if there is an effect on the quality of the risk evaluation of the posture depending on the method utilized and the level of experience of the analyst.