Human adaptive mechatronics - Interaction and intelligence

Abstract

Human Adaptive Mechatronics(HAM) is an intelligent mechanical system that adapts themselves to human skill under various environments, improves human skill, and assists the operation to achieve best performance of the human-machine system. In this new kind of human-machine system, human factor has to be taken into consideration for the motion-control design. In this paper, several topics of system theories that focus attention on the relation between human and machine are presented.ke~ywords: Human Adaptive Mechatronics, skill, brain monitoring, safe manual control, intermittency control, variable dynamics assist-control.

Real time virtual simulation of an underactuated pendulum-driven capsule system

“…Human adaptive mechatronics (HAM) is defined as an intelligence human machine system in which the system can be self-adapted intelligently based on the current user competency level to obtain optimum performance [1][2][3][4][5]. To achieve the HAM requirements, there must be several mechanisms working together.…”

Using Human Dynamics to Improve Operator Performance

“…An important goal is to create and develop intelligent mechatronics systems, capable of adapting themselves to the level of the skill/dexterity of the operators who use them, considering not only the ergonomic aspects of the operation, but also the way humans learn and use machines 1 . This brings along a new concept for manual control engineering on Human-Machine systems that inevitably have to consider human in the closed-loop.…”

“…This brings along a new concept for manual control engineering on Human-Machine systems that inevitably have to consider human in the closed-loop. Recent demands in many areas, for more precision, accuracy and safety (such as in medicine, biotechnology, robotics, transports, entertainment, space, nanotechnology, ocean, disaster site and factory), led to a new need for the development of HAM systems [1].…”

Guest Editorial

“…Thus a new discipline of the synergetic integration of mechatronics with human sciences, such as medical science and psychology, named 'Human Adaptive Mechatronics (HAM)' [1-3], has been created. HAM is an intelligent electrical-mechanical system that is able to adapt itself 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 better performance.The HAM concept was first proposed in the COE project (2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008) at Tokyo Denki University [1,2]. The EPSRC UK-Japan HAM network was active between March 2007 and September 2010, and its members have successfully initiated research on HAM [3] (www.EPSRCHAMNetwork.org.uk).…”