b. Human Factors

Version 3.1 by Mark Neerincx on 2023/02/28 12:41

This Human Factors section describes the core theories, models and methods that underpin the design specification and the underlying design decisions. In the ReJAM project for example, robot's support aims to accommodate the cognitive demands and capabilities of people with dementia (such as the desires and constraints  to recall and reminiscence) and their relations with music perception and performance. Therefore the Music and Cognition subsection is included, which should describe relevant state-of-the-art literature on these topics (if another topic than music is driving the design, music could be replaced by this alternative topic). The Socio-Cognitive Engineering (SCE) subsection describes the human-centered design methods, principles and guidelines that are specifically relevant for the concerning robot design, such as value stories, inclusive design, team design patterns, ... In a similar way, the subsections Human-Robot Collaboration and Evaluation Methods describe literature on the relevant HRC models and theories and evaluation methods for the specific design. The current text of the subsections is just meant as a short incomplete inspiration, to be tailored to your own (sub)project.