Human Factors in Automation Design

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• Personal Author:
  Lee JD ; Seppelt BD
• Description:
  Designers frequently look toward automation as a way to increase system efficiency and safety by reducing human involvement. This approach often leads to disappointment because the role of people becomes more, not less, important as automation becomes more powerfull and prevalent. Developing automation without consideration of the human operator leads to new and more catastrophic failures. For automation to fulfill its promise, designers must avoid a technology-centered approach and adopt an approach that considers the joint operator-automation system. Automation-related problems arise because introducing automation changes the type and extent of feedback that operators receive, as well as the nature and structure of tasks. In addition, operators' behavioral, cognitive, and emotional responses to these changes can leave the system vulnerable to failure. Automation is not a homogenous technology. There are many types of automation and each poses different design challenges. This chapter describes how different types of automation place different demands on operators. It also presents strategies that can help designers achieve the promise of automation. The chapter concludes with future challenges in automation design. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automation Behavior Decision Making Geographic Information Systems Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Nervous System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Adaptive Cruise Control Author Keywords: Supply Chain Automation Design Cognitive Function Decision Making Equipment Operators Geographic Information Systems Global Position System Human Factors Engineering Humans Industrial Design Information Processing Information Systems Machine Operators Mental Model Mental Processes Models

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• ISBN:
  9783540788300
• ISSN:
  2522-8692
• Publisher:
  Springer-Verlag
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  417-436
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063343
• Citation:
  Springer handbook of automation. Nof SY, ed. Berlin Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 2009 Jul; :417-436
• Contact Point Address:
  John D. Lee, Department Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Human Factors Research, National Advanced Driving Simulator, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
• Email:
  jdlee@engineering.uiowa.edu
• Editor(s):
  Nof SY
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Springer handbook of automation
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226422/cdc_226422_DS1.pdf
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