SIMULATION AND EVALUATION OF FACTORY WORKS USING MUSCULOSKELETAL HUMAN BODY MODEL

ABSTRACT Optimum design of work motions is one of the most important issues to construct human-machine co-existing systems. Traditional Ergonomics tried to evaluate pain/fatigue on an observation base. However, generic evaluation method does not exist and Ergonomics has not discussed the mechanism of pain/fatigue. So we proposed individual musculoskeletal human model and proposed Info-Ergonomics concept. This paper overviews Info-Ergonomics concept and focuses on modeling and description of musculoskeletal human bodies.