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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…

Movement variability is an essential characteristic of human movement. However, despite its prevalence, it is almost completely ignored in workstation design. Neglecting this variability can lead to skip over parts of the future operator’s…

Ergonomic methods for biomechanical risk factors assessment during work activity are usually based on human operator’s postures and forces while performing the work task. A basic analysis of the task can rely on questionnaires, interviews…

Digital human models can be used for biomechanical risk factors assessment of a workstation and work activity design for which there is no physical equipment that can be tested using actual human postures and forces. Yet, using digital human…

This paper presents a new learning control framework for virtual humans in a physics-based virtual environment. This framework combines multi-objective control with learning technique. Multi-objective control is based on humanlike properties…

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…

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…

For several years, increasing numbers of studies have highlighted the existence of movement variability. Before that, it was neglected in movement analysis and it is still almost completely ignored in workstation design. This article reviews…