Overview of human adaptive mechatronics

  • Authors:
  • Hongnian Yu

  • Affiliations:
  • Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology, Staffordshire University, Stafford, UK

  • Venue:
  • MCBE'08 Proceedings of the 9th WSEAS International Conference on Mathematics & Computers In Business and Economics
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Human adaptive mechatronics is intelligent electrical-mechanical systems that are able to adapt themselves to the human's skill in various environments, and provide assistance in improving the skill, and overall operation of the combined human machine system to achieve improved performance. It is clear that humans have strong and extremely adaptive natural mechanisms that are able to accommodate external environmental disturbances under which internal life cycle operations can still be regulated very effectively. It has been of great interest to human beings to apply similar biologically-inspired mechanisms to man-made systems such as mechatronically built robots, unmanned air vehicles, airplanes, auto pilot steering systems, engineering ergonomics, and numerous examples encountered in autonomous systems. It aims to study automata from an engineering perspective and to serve the purpose of controlling advanced engineering systems. The improvement in human-machine interfaces has made advanced intelligent machines possible without special education and training. This paper will introduce the basic concepts of human adaptive mechatronics, review aspects of the research in HAM conducted over the last five years, and presents two HAM-related case studies.