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ReSpire-F: Cooling vest for the female soldier

Cazemier, Rick (author)

This thesis is about the adaptation of the design of the ReSpire cooling vest for female soldiers for in a military operational context. For cooling, the principle of ventilation by air and evaporation of sweat was used to extract heat from the body. The objective of this project was to design a version of the cooling vest which would fit the...

master thesis 2022

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Neuroscience Perspectives on Adaptive Manual Control with Pursuit Displays

Mulder, Max (author), Pool, D.M. (author), van der El, Kasper (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author)

Cyberneticists develop mathematical human control models which are used to tune manual control systems and understand human performance limits. Neuroscientists explore the physiology and circuitry of the central nervous system to understand how the brain works. Both research human visuomotor control tasks, such as the pursuit tracking task....

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Identifying Human Preview Control Behavior Using Subsystem Identification

Bentinck, Pieter Bas J.C. (author), Pool, D.M. (author), van der El, Kasper (author), Hoagg, Jesse B. (author), Mulder, Max (author)

Better understanding of manual control requires more research on human anticipatory feedforward behaviour. Recent advances include a human control model for preview tracking, and a subsystem identification (SSID) technique that uses a candidate pool approach to identify the human feedforward and feedback responses. This paper discusses the...

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Comfort and performance improvement through the use of cooling vests for construction workers

Roelofsen, C.P.G. (author), Jansen, K.M.B. (author)

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the question “In what order of magnitude does the comfort and performance improvement lie with the use of a cooling vest for construction workers?”. Design/methodology/approach: The use of personal cooling systems, in the form of cooling vests, is not only intended to reduce the heat load, in...

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Agent-based vulnerability assessment at airport security checkpoints: A case study on security operator behavior

Janssen, S.A.M. (author), van den Berg, Arjan (author), Sharpanskykh, Alexei (author)

Despite enormous investments in airport security, terrorists have been able to find and exploit vulnerabilities at security checkpoints. Existing vulnerability assessment methodologies struggle with accounting for human behavior, and agent-based modelling forms a promising technique to overcome this limitation. This paper investigated how the...

journal article 2020

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Touchscreens for Aircraft Navigation Tasks: Comparing Accuracy and Throughput of Three Flight Deck Interfaces Using Fitts’ Law

van Zon, N.C.M. (author), Borst, C. (author), Pool, D.M. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author)

Objective: Use Fitts’ law to compare accuracy and throughput of three flight deck interfaces for navigation. Background: Industry is proposing touch-based solutions to modernize the flight management system. However, research evaluating touchscreen effectiveness for navigation tasks in terms of accuracy and throughput on the flight deck is...

journal article 2019

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Rolling out the red (and green) carpet: Supporting driver decision making in automation-to-manual transitions

Eriksson, Alexander (author), Petermeijer, S.M. (author), Zimmermann, Markus (author), de Winter, J.C.F. (author), Bengler, Klaus J. (author), Stanton, Neville A. (author)

This paper assessed four types of human–machine interfaces (HMIs), classified according to the stages of automation proposed by Parasuraman et al. [“A model for types and levels of human interaction with automation,” IEEE Trans. Syst. Man, Cybern. A, Syst. Humans, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 286–297, May 2000]. We hypothesized that drivers would...

journal article 2019

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Increasing impact by mechanical resonance for teleoperated hammering

Aiple, M. (author), Smisek, J. (author), Schiele, A. (author)

Series elastic actuators (SEAs) are interesting for usage in harsh environments as they are more robust than rigid actuators. This paper shows how SEAs can be used in teleoperation to increase output velocity in dynamic tasks.<br/>A first experiment is presented that tested human ability to achieve higher hammerhead velocities with a flexible...

journal article 2018

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Haptic guidance on demand: A grip-force based scheduling of guidance forces

Smisek, J. (author), Mugge, W. (author), Smeets, Jeroen B J (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Schiele, A. (author)

In haptic shared control systems (HSC), a fixed strength of guidance force equates to a fixed level of control authority, which can be insufficient for complex tasks. An adaptable control authority based on operator input can allow the HSC system to better assist the operator under varied conditions. In this paper, we experimentally...

journal article 2018

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Eliciting and Representing Joint Distributions From Experts: Quantification of a Human Performance Model for Risk Analysis

Jäger, W.S. (author)

master thesis 2013

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Indirect measurement of pinch and pull forces at the shaft of laparoscopic graspers

Van den Dobbelsteen, J.J. (author), Lee, R.A. (author), Van Noorden, M. (author), Dankelman, J. (author)

The grasping instruments used in minimally invasive surgery reduce the ability of the surgeon to feel the forces applied on the tissue, thereby complicating the handling of the tissue and increasing the risk of tissue damage. Force sensors implemented in the forceps of the instruments enable accurate measurements of applied forces, but also...

journal article 2012

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Cybernetics of Tunnel-in-the-Sky Displays

Mulder, M. (author)

Consensus is growing that the flexibility gained with the introduction of programmable, electronic cockpit displays in the 1980s must be exploited to the full extent. An important candidate to become the primary flight display of future flight decks is the tunnel-in-the-sky display, a perspective flight-path display that shows the reference...

doctoral thesis 1999

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Control loops with human operators in space operations: part II: robotics operations and manual control experiment

van Swieten, A.C.M. (author), Kampen, S. (author)

In the study "Control loops with human operators" this volume is concerned with the robot arm case. Servicing of satellites and assembly of space structures require robotic operations. These operations are controlled from the ground by human operators. Five operational modes for the combined space- and ground segment are defined: - high level...

report 1985

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Control loops with human operators in space operations: part IV: research requirements for human-in-the-loop space teleoperator development

Milgram, P. (author)

This report presents a discussion of short-term human engineering research requirements for developing rendezvous and docking and space telemanipulation capabilities. A catalogue of research topics related to human-in-the-loop teleoperation performance is given. This is followed by an overview of available resources for model analytical...

report 1985

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Control loops with human operators in space operations: part I: human engineering analysis, synthesis and evaluation techniques

Milgram, P. (author), van de Graaff, R.C. (author), Wewerinke, P.H. (author)

This report is a tutorial overview for the European Space Agency (ESA) of human engineering approaches and methodologies which are applicable for analysis of performance of human-machine systems, with specific emphasis on space teleoperator applications. Motivated by the presumed active role of the human operator in future space teleoperation...

report 1985

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Control loops with human operators in space operations: part V: executive summary

Milgram, P. (author)

This volume comprises the executive summary of the final report of the study on Control Loops with Human Operators in Space Operations, performed for the European Space Agency (ESA). It summarises the following four volumes: Part I : Human Engineering Analysis, Synthesis and Evaluation Techniques (NLR) Part II : Robotics Operations and Manual...

report 1985

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Control loops with human operators in space operations: part III: rendezvous and docking operations and model analysis of performance with human-in-the-loop

Milgram, P. (author), van Woerkom, P.T.L.M. (author), Wewerinke, P.H. (author)

This report presents the results of an illustrative analysis of human-in-the-loop rendezvous and docking (RVD) performance, for the purpose of demonstrating the practicality of applying human engineering methods and techniques, introduced in Part I of this project, to the analysis of control loops with human operators in space operations....

report 1984

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A model of the human decision maker observing a dynamic system

Wewerinke, P.H. (author)

In this report a model of the human observer and decision maker is described. A submodel of the human observer is formulated in linear estimation theoretical terms including the perception of the displayed information of a linear process and the central information processing stage. The subsequent decision process is described in terms of...

report 1981

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Performance and workload analysis of in-flight helicopter missions

Wewerinke, P.H. (author)

The study described in this report was aimed at assessing the potentials of the optimal control model structure to predict the important characteristics of realistic operational helicopter missions. The theoretical and experimental results indicate that the optimal control model succesfully predicts the best attainable (rather than the average)...

report 1977

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Human monitoring and control behaviour models and experiments

Wewerinke, P.H. (author)

This report deals with a theoretical and experimental program concerning human monitoring and and control behaviour. A model for multivariable monitoring (an automatic approach) was tested against experimental data. Apart from monitoring, simultaneously monitoring and manual flight director control was studied to determine the interference...

report 1976