Abstract
In urban areas short distances are often covered by car which puts a strain on emission levels and infrastructure. One reason is the transport of unwieldy objects. To avoid short trips by car, an (emission-free) alternative must be offered that supports the transport of such goods. Therefore, two concepts for an autonomous delivery robot for the use case shopping with different compartments structures and closing mechanisms were developed.
Within a laboratory study, these two concepts were examined and compared to a shopping cart regarding their subjective and objective ergonomics. Additionally, participants' preferences were surveyed. The results indicate that the novel transport concepts were rated as good as or even significantly better than a shopping cart regarding subjective ergonomics and are preferred. Based on the objective data, however, optimisation needs were identified to further improve ergonomics. Notwithstanding, the new transport concepts have the potential to become environmentally friendly alternatives for mobility.
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This research was developed within the scope of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)-funded project 16SV8232 ‘UrbANT - Urbane, automatisierte, nutzerorienterte Transportplattform’. Additionally we would like to thank Alessia Bellotto, Anna Skoflek, Ida Feger and Julian Greverath for supporting this research.
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Dautzenberg, P.S.C., Voß, G.M.I., Wang, L., Reske, M., Brockmeier, C., Ladwig, S. (2021). User-Oriented Transport Solutions: An Ergonomic Investigation of Two Novel Concepts. In: Stanton, N. (eds) Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 270. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80012-3_47
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