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Penguin robot helps researchers get close and personal http://www.theguardian.com/science/animal-magic/2014/nov/03/penguin-robot-behaviour

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Announcements Papers are due TONIGHT by 11:59 PM Dont wait until 11:59 PM to try and upload your paper. You might run into technical difficulties There were problems with plagiarism in the outlines This needs to be eliminated before you turn in your reports Check your Turnitin.com originality report Lab assignment: Designing Across the Lifespan paper

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My robot project is this far A.All done robot leaves arena with green beacon B.Can find green beacon but cant leave arena C.Can find red beacon and turn it off but cant find green beacon D.Can find red beacon but cant turn it off E.Cannot find red beacon

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Human Factors in Design

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What are Human Factors (HF)? And why do engineers need to be concerned about them?

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Human Factors is the application of knowledge about human characteristics to design Physical Strength, size, reaction time, endurance, frailty, eyesight, fine motor skills Social/Emotional/Cultural User preferences (simplicity, reliability, aesthetics, safety, cost, etc.), culturally-based behaviors (reading, speaking), acceptance Cognitive Understanding cause and effect, user interface, interpreting emotions and intentions

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Man Machine Interface Sensory Cognitive Action Display/ Configuration Machine Processing Control Human Machine Interface/Interaction

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Human-System Interface Senses - Vision - Hearing Psychomotor - Hands Input Devices - Buttons Output - Display - Sound INTERFACEINTERFACE US Department of Veteran Affairs

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Human Factors also acknowledge that humans are fallible.., people make mistakes! So why consider Human Factors? Improve efficiency Ensure safety* Increase human performance (i.e., productivity) Minimize costs (economic, legal, social) *Especially critical to space/air, nuclear and healthcare industries

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Human Factors design considerations affect product effectiveness, safety, and ultimately, desirability. Source: FDA Medical Device Use-Safety

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Example: Healthcare-related technology is rapidly growing You hope Human Factors were considered in the design of this equipment

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Human Factors (ergonomics) integrates knowledge from multiple fields Engineering Psychology Physiology/Kinesiology Biology Anthropology SJSU has a human factors program in the Industrial and Systems Engineering department Source: Integrated Safety Management, Berkeley Lab wikipedia

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Astronaut interacting with a space system that was designed with human factors. (This image is in the public domain. Source: NASA)

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Human neural prosthetics include human factors engineering, creating new interface methods. http://nitrolab.engr.wisc.edu/research.php

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Which would be considered a Human Factor to be addressed? A.Limited memory B.Fatigue C.Development stage of user D.Cultural E.All of the above

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Consider how human factors were included in the IDEO shopping cart design. http://www.ideo.com/work/shopping-cart-concept

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https://worldofparis.wordpress.com/tag/carrefour/ IDEO cart idnt take off but there were others. In Europe easy to navigate in small markets

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Physical Domain Consider human scale

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Physical Domain Consider Anthropometric Data For example reach Source: http://www.mccauslandco.com/ Source: http://openacademyofknowledge.wikispaces.com/

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Physical Domain Consider Developmental Capabilities

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Physical Domain Assistive Technology

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The relationship between stress and performance Stress level Area of optimum stress Low stress Boredom High stress Anxiety, panic Performance level Yerkes, R. M., & Dodson, J. D. (1908) The relation of strength of stimulus to rapidity of habit-formation. Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology, 18, 459-482 Physical Domain: Consider Effects of Stress

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Social Domain Cultural Norms

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Social/Emotional Follows Social Conventions Getting on elevator wait your turn Can respond to human signals Change of voice (e.g. express sympathy when you are tired) Response to violent behavior Bandit-II used in hospitals

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Social/Emotional Match robot personality to that of user Source: Tapus (2008)

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Social/Emotional Human but not too human uncanny valley Source: pinktentacle.com

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Cognitive Domain What do users perceive? See Woods paper Friendly? Unfriendly?

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Cognitive Domain What do users perceive? See Woods paper Can talk? Cant talk?

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Cognitive Domain - Compatibility

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Cognitive Domain Sometimes we dont say what we see . Say the color of the words that appear Optillusions.com

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http://www.baddesigns.com/starbucks.html Ooops! There goes my coffee!!!

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Remedy(?): An instruction card was placed next to machine http://www.baddesigns.com/starbucks.html

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Can Opener http://www.baddesigns.com/canopen.html Whats wrong with this picture?

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Attention to which Human Factors in the workplace could help reduce errors? A.Avoiding reliance on memory B.Making things more visible C.Simplifying processes or procedures D.Making equipment easy to operate E.All of the above

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Designing Across the Lifespan 1 page (400-500 words) for each member of the team Discuss how to modify the design of a companion robot to serve a child or a 65+ adult Base your design decisions on information from reliable literature (see example in Canvas: Robot Module: Background Reading.) You will be submitting this in your Lab Canvas

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Discuss some ways you might modify an assistive robot for the two audiences Source: http://www.robaid.com/

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