DULA and DEBA: Differentiable Ergonomic Risk Models for Postural Assessment and Optimization in Ergonomically Intelligent pHRI

Amir Yazdani,Roya Sabbagh Novin,Andrew Merryweather,Tucker Hermans,Amir Yazdani,Roya Sabbagh Novin,Andrew Merryweather,Tucker Hermans

Ergonomics and human comfort are essential concerns in physical human-robot interaction applications. Defining an accurate and easy-to-use ergonomic assessment model stands as an important step in providing feedback for postural correction to improve operator health and comfort. Common practical methods in the area suffer from inaccurate ergonomics models in performing postural optimization. In or...