Advances in Ergonomic Design of Systems, Products and Processes : Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of GfA 2016

These proceedings summarize the best papers in each research field represented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (GfA) in the German-speaking area, held at Institute of Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics of RWTH Aachen University from March 2–4. The meeting featured more than 200 presentations and 36 posters reflecting the diversity of subject matter in the field of human and industrial engineering. This volume addresses human factors and safety specialists, industrial engineers, work and organizational psychologists, occupational medicines as well as production planners and design engineers. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Best-Practice Approach for a Solution-Oriented Technology Assessment: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in the Context of Human-Robot Collaboration....Pages 1-14 Human-Oriented Productivity Management as a Key Criterion for Success in the Digitalised Working World....Pages 15-30 Recource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem: Investigation of the Quality of Project Plans....Pages 31-59 Fields of Action for Work Design in Industrie 4.0....Pages 61-72 Skilled Workers: Are They the Losers of “Industry 4.0”?....Pages 73-87 Work Requirements and Qualifications in Maintenance 4.0....Pages 89-102 Development of a Business Game for Teaching the Kanban Method....Pages 103-114 Training Interventions to Increase Innovation and Productivity in Age-Diverse Teams....Pages 115-124 Change into an Ergonomic 3 Shift Model with a Reduction of the Night Shifts for All Workers....Pages 125-133 Vocational Competency Management Through the Use of Serious Games: Opportunities and Risks Using the Example of the Harbour Industry....Pages 135-148 Retirement Research Requires a Broad View and Interdiciplinarity....Pages 149-158 Age-Differentiated Analysis of the Influence of Task Descriptions on Learning Sensorimotor Tasks....Pages 159-175 The Potential of Virtual Interactive Learning Environments for Individual and Organizational Learning: An Example for the Maintenance of Electrical Equipment....Pages 177-190 Designing Rooms for Virtual, Informal Communication: Reciprocal Awareness as a Central Criterion....Pages 191-208 Analysis of the Stress and Strain of Repetitive Assembly Tasks....Pages 209-218 Analysis and Evaluation of Physical Workload During Long-Cyclic Tasks as a Prerequisite for Ergonomic Work Design....Pages 219-232 Walking “Normally” vs. “Sideways” in Simulated, Simple Assembly Operations: Analysis of Muscular Strain in the Legs....Pages 233-245 Analysis of a Multimodal Human-Robot-Interface in Terms of Mental Workload....Pages 247-260 How to Evaluate the Usability of Smart Devices as Conceivable Work Assistance: A Systematic Review....Pages 261-274 Menu Styles of Mobile Devices and Their Influence on Gaze Behavior While Walking....Pages 275-288 An Age-Differentiated Perspective on Visualizations of Personal Health Data....Pages 289-308 How the Duration of Automated Driving Influences Take-Over Performance and Gaze Behavior....Pages 309-318 Uncanny and Unsafe Valley of Assistance and Automation: First Sketch and Application to Vehicle Automation....Pages 319-334 Man-Robot Collaboration in the Context of Industry 4.0: Approach-Avoidance Tendencies as an Indicator for the Affective Quality of Interaction?....Pages 335-348 Joint Angle Depending Representation of Maximum Forces in Digital Human Models: Investigating Multivariate Joint-Torque Polynomials for Elbow Flexion and Elbow Extension....Pages 349-366 These proceedings summarize the best papers in each research area represented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the German Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, held at Institute of Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics of RWTH Aachen University from March 2-4. The meeting featured more than 200 presentations and 36 posters reflecting the diversity of subject matter in the field of human and industrial engineering. This volume addresses human factors and safety specialists, industrial engineers, work and organizational psychologists, occupational medicines as well as production planners and design engineers