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Applications of Virtual Reality in the manufacturing industry: from design review to ergonomic studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2004

Guillaume Moreau ,
Philippe Fuchs  and
Panagiotis Stergiopoulos
Guillaume Moreau
Affiliation:
CNRS, CERMA, UMR 1563, EAN – rue Massenet, BP 81931, 44319 Nantes Cedex 3, France
Philippe Fuchs
Affiliation:
Robotics Center, École des mines de Paris, 60 boulevard Saint-Michel, 75272 Paris Cedex 06, France
Panagiotis Stergiopoulos
Affiliation:
Robotics Center, École des mines de Paris, 60 boulevard Saint-Michel, 75272 Paris Cedex 06, France
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Abstract

Virtual reality shows to be of use in several domains of manufacturing as a complementary tool to CAD/CAM environment. Design review is one of the very first application of VR in product design, but assembly/disassembly studies are also existing though they require some more specific work. But it can also be useful beyond the scope of common CAD software such as ergonomic studies. We will show an example from the RNTL PERF-RV project where we study the ergonomics of a car dashboard and more specifically of a push-button. We will discuss the issues raised by studying ergonomics thanks to Virtual Reality and force-feedback systems which are both hardware and software.

Keywords

Virtual realityforce-feedbackCADdesign reviewergonomics
Type
Research Article
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Mechanics & Industry , Volume 5 , Issue 2: Virtual Concept 2002 , March 2004 , pp. 171 - 179
Copyright
© AFM, EDP Sciences, 2004

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