Applications of DHM in Agricultural Engineering: A Review

Abstract

Abstract.Research towards developing user-compatible, ease in use and safe agricultural equipment with proper consideration of human factors using cutting edge technology like Digital Human Modeling (DHM) and simulation is very important in today's scenario. This technology offers new possibilities to integrate ergonomics principles into design process from the very beginning (conceptual phase) to solve complex problems in many engineering disciplines. However, its application is till very limited in agricultural sector. This paper provides overview of up-to-date research in virtual ergonomics evaluation technology (through DHM) and its applications in agriculture. Attempt has also been made to highlight future research direction in many areas of agricultural sectors where DHM might contribute potentially for ergonomic interventions to reduce drudgery and chances of errors and accidents. Authors have also identified reasons behind less adoption of this technology in agricultural sectors and tried to highlight strategies to be followed for wide adoption.

Ergonomic evaluation on the manufacturing shop floor: A review of hardware and software technologies

“…The application of DHM is useful for reduction of project time-scale (Karmakar and Patel, 2014), decreased design and manufacturing cost (Berlin and Kajaks, 2010;Karmakar and Patel, 2014;Mukhopadhyay et al, 2012), lower occupational hazards (Karmakar and Patel, 2014), improved quality of products (Karmakar and Patel, 2014;Mukhopadhyay et al, 2012), increased productivity and greater efficiency (Karmakar and Patel, 2014;Mukhopadhyay et al, 2012). The DHM functions by enhancing the visualization of the interaction of a human-workstation system both in the vehicle manufacturing shop floor (Crizzle, 2013), in which it is employed to evaluate the optimal relation between safety and comfort, as well as in an agricultural shop floor (Patel et al, 2013).…”

“…and Delmia (Berlin and Kajaks, 2010;. The computer manikins (DHM) which are algorithms specifically developed for ergonomic evaluations include Anybody Technology (Berlin and Kajaks, 2010;Bossomaier et al, 2010;Mukhopadhyay et al, 2012), 3DSSPP TM (Mukhopadhyay et al, 2012), Tecnomatic , SantosHuman (Crizzle, 2013;, HumoSim (Crizzle, 2013), HandiMan (Crizzle, 2013), Hadrian , Santos (Berlin and Kajaks, 2010; and Ergonaut (Patel et al, 2013), which is used in virtual Environment for ergonomic evaluations.…”

Evolution of Smart Farming: Integrating IoT and AI in Agricultural Engineering

“…Weather stations enabled with the Internet of Things provide precise and up-to-date temperature, precipitation, and wind speed information. Farmers may better organize their activities, anticipate future obstacles, and optimize the allocation of resources with the help of this data (Thaneswer et al, 2013).…”