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In all human movements, in particular those related to work activities, variability is observed. Even for a repetitive task, trajectories, muscular activities, or exerted forces are never identical, both for different people and for the same person…

Movement variability is often neglected when analysing work situations. It is also practically ignored when designing work situations, designers being focused on the aim of defining standard procedures that minimize production cycle times…

Movement variability is an essential characteristic of human movement: the same motor task is never performed in exactly the same way twice. This variability is related to the numerous redundancies in the human locomotor system, and depends…

Digital humans are software tools used for work equipment design. They can simulate the future workers’ activity and assess the workplace ergonomics. They therefore offer genuine advantages when prevention (safety and health) is to be integrated…

How can work equipment designers estimate the maximum joint actuation torques that operators can perform at the workstation? These data are essential for ergonomic risk assessment, yet designers usually only have at their disposal the databases…

The maximum actuation joint torques that operators can perform at the workplace are essential parameters for biomechanical risk assessment. However, workstation designers generally only have at their disposal the imprecise and sparse estimates…

Digital mannequins are software tools for simulating the interactions between an operator and his future work equipment. They are valuable tools for estimating and reducing occupational risks right from the start of the design process. They…