Novel Approaches and Applications in Ergonomic Design, 4th Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editor
Interests: ergonomics; innovative product development; digital human scan analysis; smart healthcare; VR/AR/MR; multimodal AI
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Dear Colleagues,
Good interactions between humans and systems, including tasks, products, tools, workplaces, and environments, are crucial for better safety, usability, and productivity. In the fourth industrial revolution, new technologies such as artificial intelligence, VR/AR/MR, digital twins, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, big data, digitalization, and wireless technologies have challenged ergonomists and human factor professionals to explore innovative design solutions and the methodologies involved in human–system interactions for the synergistic fusion of the digital, biological, and/or physical worlds.
This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for sharing novel methodologies and applications that can be effectively utilized for the development of ergonomic human–system interactions. The areas that these ergonomic approaches and applications focus on may include, but are not limited to, cognition, anthropometry, biomechanics, safety, macro-ergonomics, human–system integration, user-centered design, universal design, experience design, sustainable design, affective computing, autonomous systems, VR/AR/MR, aging, healthcare, neuro-ergonomics, musculoskeletal disorders, human–robot interaction, and exoskeletons.
Prof. Dr. Heecheon You
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cognition
- anthropometry
- biomechanics
- safety, macro-ergonomics
- human–system integration
- user-centered design
- universal design
- experience design
- sustainable design
- affective computing
- autonomous systems
- artificial intelligence
- machine learning
- digital twin
- VR/AR/MR
- aging
- healthcare
- neuro-ergonomics
- musculoskeletal disorders
- human–robot interaction
- exoskeleton
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