The assistance of BAZAR robot promotes improved upper limb motor coordination in workers performing an actual use-case manual material handling.
This study aims at evaluating upper limb muscle coordination and activation in workers performing an actual use-case manual material handling (MMH). The study relies on the comparison of the workers' muscular activity while they perform the task, with and without the help of a dual-arm cobot (BAZAR)...
| Published in: | Ergonomics Vol. 66; no. 12; pp. 1950 - 1968 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2023
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