ErgonomicsPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-05-02DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2346552
Anat Meir, Einat Grimberg, Oren Musicant
{"title":"The human-factors' challenges of (tele)drivers of Autonomous Vehicles.","authors":"Anat Meir, Einat Grimberg, Oren Musicant","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2346552","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2346552","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Autonomous capabilities, including Autonomous Vehicle (AV) technology, aim to reduce human effort, extend capabilities, and enhance safety. While AVs offer societal benefits, human intervention remains necessary, especially in complex situations. As communication technology advances, human intervention is possible from remote sites. In such remote locations, highly skilled tele-drivers (TEDs) are ready to face situations too complicated for the AV. However, current work still needs a comprehensive mapping of the challenges that TEDs would face. Some of these challenges are shared with IVDs but may have stronger or weaker effects on the remote driver's ability to maintain safety. Other challenges, such as limited situational awareness of the road scene, the indirect experience of vehicle motion, and communication latency, are unique to TEDs. We assess the challenges, comparing their impact on TEDs versus IVDs, and explore technological countermeasures aimed at mitigating specific challenges encountered by TEDs. Lastly, we identified knowledge gaps and areas lacking understanding in the literature, highlighting avenues for future research and practical implications for practitioners.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"947-967"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140873193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-08-03DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2377699
Gordon Hayward
{"title":"Usability of consumer product self-assembly instructions - a historical review of ergonomics research to create an international standard.","authors":"Gordon Hayward","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2377699","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2377699","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Selling products in kit form to consumers benefits both manufacturers and consumers - provided the instructions enable the customer to assemble the components correctly and safely. Poor usability of some self-assembly instructions is a continuing cause of consumer complaints- but the subject of only occasional ergonomics research interest. Relevant studies are widely dispersed across the literature - and across decades - but their findings generally agree on what makes some self-assembly illustrations more effective than others. This has just not been consolidated in any formally recognised guidance. This study has produced a comprehensive review of published work on the usability of self-assembly instructions (which need to convey most information pictorially) and makes detailed recommendations for best practice in their presentation. The evidence for the recommended best practices discussed in this paper will be reflected in the publication of an international standard that which is currently in the final drafting stages.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"893-912"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141890750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supporting human factors and ergonomics professionals in anticipating future work changes in response to the anthropocene.","authors":"Cynthia Lopez-Bagousse, Arciszewski Thomas, Nathalie Bonnardel","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2383947","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2383947","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ergonomics is evolving towards including a broader consideration of ecological and political factors in the design of work environments by adopting an interconnected systems paradigm, highlighting the importance of considering the ecological and political impacts of business. The emergence of 'green ergonomics' encourages sustainable human systems integrated in their natural environment, while respecting ethical values such as respect for human rights and diversity. On the one hand, this is leading to new areas of ergonomic research and intervention, such as energy management and corporate CSR, and on the other, to the need to develop specific skills to anticipate the future in innovative ways. For Human Factors and Ergonomics professionals (HF&E professionals), this means adopting prospective approaches that incorporate tools and methods to promote foresight, as well as creativity to imagine potential future work activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"832-843"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141793976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-11-08DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2425953
Gerald Matthews, Ryon Cumings, Erika P De Los Santos, Irene Y Feng, Salim A Mouloua
{"title":"A new era for stress research: supporting user performance and experience in the digital age.","authors":"Gerald Matthews, Ryon Cumings, Erika P De Los Santos, Irene Y Feng, Salim A Mouloua","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2425953","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2425953","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Stress is both a driver of objective performance impairments and a source of negative user experience of technology. This review addresses future directions for research on stress and ergonomics in the digital age. The review is structured around three levels of analysis. At the individual user level, stress is elicited by novel technologies and tasks including interaction with AI and robots, working in Virtual Reality, and operating autonomous vehicles. At the organisational level, novel, potentially stressful challenges include maintaining cybersecurity, surveillance and monitoring of employees supported by technology, and addressing bias and discrimination in the workplace. At the sociocultural level, technology, values and norms are evolving symbiotically, raising novel demands illustrated with respect to interactions with social media and new ethical challenges. We also briefly review the promise of neuroergonomics and emotional design to support stress mitigation. We conclude with seven high-level principles that may guide future work.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"913-946"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142631858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-07-07DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2374376
Connor Wurst, Huei-Yen Winnie Chen
{"title":"Faces of Oppression: Future directions for Ergonomics and Human Factors.","authors":"Connor Wurst, Huei-Yen Winnie Chen","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2374376","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2374376","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The growing interest in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) centred work in the field of Ergonomics and Human Factors (EHF) can greatly benefit from Iris Young's Five Faces of Oppression theory, which details how well-intentioned systems can perpetuate harm in a number of ways. We call for a greater focus on systems of oppression in EHF research and practice along with increased collaboration with social sciences to tackle important societal issues. This article reviews the current state of research in the child welfare domain and provides examples for how cognitive engineering approaches can take inspiration from the social sciences to help create a more equitable future. These examples outline the potential mutualism between social sciences and EHF and the way this collaboration might dismantle various oppressive systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"844-856"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141555879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-12-21DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2439922
Pierre Falzon, Vanina Mollo, Gianna Carta
{"title":"Constructive ergonomics and enabling interventions.","authors":"Pierre Falzon, Vanina Mollo, Gianna Carta","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2439922","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2439922","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper presents a constructive view of Human Factors/Ergonomics (HFE) and its implications regarding work, organisations and HFE interventions.</p><p><p>In contrast to a defensive approach to HFE, which would view work mostly as a source of constraints, and the role of HFE as reducing these constraints, the goal of constructive ergonomics is to eliminate obstacles hindering success and development and to maximise opportunities for acting and learning.</p><p><p>After having developed the concept and the methods of enabling interventions, as well as their consequences on the role of ergonomists, two enabling interventions are presented to illustrate the implementation of the constructive approach in real work settings.</p><p><p>The discussion advocates a conception of development as a fact, a means and a goal of HFE interventions, and emphasises the maieutic role of ergonomists.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"776-790"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142873225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-09-25DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2408268
Rebecca Grant, Ellie King, Ella-Mae Hubbard, Mark S Young
{"title":"Think Human: exploring the exhibition of ergonomics to enhance education and engagement: establishing the CIEHF 75<sup>th</sup> anniversary exhibition.","authors":"Rebecca Grant, Ellie King, Ella-Mae Hubbard, Mark S Young","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2408268","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2408268","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The field of ergonomics and human factors (E/HF) has an urgent need for increased uptake of specialists to meet the growing demands of the sector and related industries employing ergonomists. In the absence of E/HF being part of the school curriculum, one way of achieving this is through public engagement activities. Specialists in E/HF are motivated by understanding people and interactions, inherent qualities in outreach and engagement, so we are well placed to practice what we preach by understanding our own users, the consumers of our science. In this paper, we present a curriculum map and museum exhibition model as part of ongoing work to develop a public exhibition, called 'Think Human', hosted at the Museum of Making in Derby, England, from September 2024, as part of ongoing work in timely celebration of the 75<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the UK's Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF).</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"877-892"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142331666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Developmental foundations of Activity-Centered Ergonomics: knowledge encounters to construct both a critical analysis of work and developmental set-ups.","authors":"Flore Barcellini, Marianne Cerf, Marianne Lacomblez","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2415965","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2415965","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper presents the developmental foundation of Activity-Centered Ergonomics (ACE) that has been shaped by both: (1) a critique of conceptions of work and of its organisation in relation to economic and political models of development, and (2) developmental approaches to understand and to act on activity and work situations at different levels (individual, collective, organisational, and territorial). To do so, we examine some key reference works for ACE over 75 years with regards to these two dimensions and the methods and developmental set ups proposed. We argue that ACE analytical and transformative goals give a considerable space to knowledge encounters and workers' activity. We conclude by briefly discussing some of the current ACE works seeking to expand research-action over time and level of action (geographical area and public policies), in order to address key societal issues, including sustainable work and development.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"813-831"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142479720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-01-08DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2447863
P A Hancock
{"title":"Isles of autonomy: the rise of intelligent technologies.","authors":"P A Hancock","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2447863","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2447863","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A critical metaphor for the development, implementation and penetration of autonomous machine systems into the world of human work is presented. Most especially, the '<i>Isles of Autonomy'</i> concept is articulated which argues that the expropriation of human pre-eminence will be marked by a series of threshold events, some of which are, even now becoming evident. In particular, it indicates that there will be a watershed event in which differing and distinct expressions of applied autonomous systems will spontaneously coalesce to produce an emergent, general artificial intelligence. The latter may well be unrelated to the original goals, aims and constraints of the disparate entities that have joined together. This threshold will be a harbinger of cascading unifications in which an unrestrained aggregate will assume <i>de facto</i> control over disparate work domains. The nature of such a development, most especially in light of associated human roles, is here evaluated. While emergent systems possess no necessary privilege, neither are their non-linear properties and behaviours directly inferable from their componential elements. The demi-sesquicentennial (75th) marking of the future of a science that is focused most especially on the predominance of human, work, is considered in light of these impending forces of change.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"987-996"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142958154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-09-16DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2392779
Aaron P J Roberts, Christopher J Parnell, Menisha Patel
{"title":"We have to go back, back to the future! Reflecting on 75 years of human factors in the UK to shape a future of responsible artificial intelligence innovation.","authors":"Aaron P J Roberts, Christopher J Parnell, Menisha Patel","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2392779","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2392779","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The origins of Human Factors (HF) are rooted in the Second World War. It is a sign of the times that 75 years on from the formation of the Ergonomics Research Society, discussions occur as to whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) could/should be capable of controlling weaponry in a theatre of war. HF can support the design of safe, ethical, and usable AI: but there is little evidence of HF influencing industrial organisations developing AI. A review of the history of HF was conducted to understand how the influence of discipline on AI development may be optimised. The field may need to become broader and more inclusive, given the potential implications of innovation such as AI. The field of Responsible Research and Innovation can help the HF Practitioner ensure that the design and application of AI based technology serves to improve human well-being and optimise system performance over the next 75 years.<b>Practitioner summary:</b> A review of the history and origins of Human Factors was conducted. The review aimed to learn from the development of the discipline over the last 75 years to provide insights of what can be done to optimise the influence of HF to design safe, ethical, and usable artificial intelligence.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"968-986"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142300028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}