Prevent Workers from Injuries in the Brewing Company via Using Digital Human Modelling Technology
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. System Setup
2.2. Task Performance and the Specific Poses in Each of the Tasks
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Pose#1 in Task#1
- Trunk: range from 6.5° to 27.6° (15.9 ± 10.7°) in Figure 5b;
- Right hip: range from 11.7° to 50.2° (32.1 ± 19.3°) in Figure 5c;
- Left hip: range from 25.8° to 47.2° (39.9 ± 12.2°) in Figure 5c;
- Right knee: range from −1.1° to 20.4° (7.4 ± 11.5°) in Figure 5d;
- Left knee: range from 15.5° to 23.8° (19.5 ± 4.2°) in Figure 5d.
3.2. Pose#2 in Task#1
- Trunk: range from −7.9° to 4.8° (0.5 ± 7.3°) in Figure 6b;
- Right hip: range from 7.2° to 20.9° (13.8 ± 6.9°) in Figure 6c;
- Left hip: range from 7.7° to 19.7° (14.4 ± 6.2°) in Figure 6c;
- Right knee: range from 6.5° to 21.3° (14.0 ± 7.4°) in Figure 6d;
- Left knee: range from 6.1° to 17.2° (11.4 ± 5.5°) in Figure 6d.
3.3. Pose#1 in Task#2
- Trunk: range from 13.9° to 27.9° (19.5 ± 7.4°) in Figure 7b;
- Right hip: range from 33.1° to 68.4° (53.9 ± 18.5°) in Figure 7c;
- Left hip: range from 36.0° to 68.6° (54.2 ± 16.7°) in Figure 7c;
- Right knee: range from 26.2° to 62.6° (49.4 ± 20.2°) in Figure 7d;
- Left knee: range from 20.4° to 68.7° (45.2 ± 24.2°) in Figure 7d.
3.4. Pose#2 in Task#2
- Trunk: range from 1.0° to 9.0° (3.9 ± 4.4°) in Figure 8b;
- Right hip: range from 8.2° to 32.7° (18.0 ± 12.9°) in Figure 8c;
- Left hip: range from 13.5° to 28.8° (19.8 ± 8.0°) in Figure 8c;
- Right knee: range from 15.4° to 31.6° (25.0 ± 8.5°) in Figure 8d;
- Left knee: range from 17.3° to 34.9° (28.0 ± 9.4°) in Figure 8d.
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Subjects | Body Height (m) | Body Weight (kg) |
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S1 | 1.68 | 89.0 |
S2 | 1.78 | 63.5 |
S3 | 1.75 | 84.0 |
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Ji, X.; Hettiarachchige, R.O.; Littman, A.L.E.; Lavery, N.L.; Piovesan, D. Prevent Workers from Injuries in the Brewing Company via Using Digital Human Modelling Technology. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 3593. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063593
Ji X, Hettiarachchige RO, Littman ALE, Lavery NL, Piovesan D. Prevent Workers from Injuries in the Brewing Company via Using Digital Human Modelling Technology. Applied Sciences. 2023; 13(6):3593. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063593
Chicago/Turabian StyleJi, Xiaoxu, Ranuki O. Hettiarachchige, Alexa L. E. Littman, Nicole L. Lavery, and Davide Piovesan. 2023. "Prevent Workers from Injuries in the Brewing Company via Using Digital Human Modelling Technology" Applied Sciences 13, no. 6: 3593. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063593
APA StyleJi, X., Hettiarachchige, R. O., Littman, A. L. E., Lavery, N. L., & Piovesan, D. (2023). Prevent Workers from Injuries in the Brewing Company via Using Digital Human Modelling Technology. Applied Sciences, 13(6), 3593. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063593