Human Factors Design and Evaluation of China's Space Manipulator Teleoperation System

Space manipulators are important for the assembly, construction, operation, and maintenance of space stations. To ensure that the manipulator system on the China Space Station (CSS) is user-friendly, the human factors engineering team has carried out extensive studies on the human factors design and...

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Published inInternational journal of human-computer interaction Vol. 40; no. 8; pp. 1943 - 1959
Main Authors Tang, Weicai, Tian, Yu, Tan, Lifen, Xue, Shuqi, Jiang, Ting, Zhou, Shihua, Wang, Chunhui
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Norwood Taylor & Francis 17.04.2024
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc
Subjects
Astronauts
Cameras
Control tasks
Cooperative control
Design analysis
Design factors
Design optimization
ergonomic evaluation
Ergonomics
Extravehicular activity
Human engineering
Human factors
human factors design
Manipulator teleoperation
Manipulators
Manual control
Space stations
Teleoperators
China
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Summary:Space manipulators are important for the assembly, construction, operation, and maintenance of space stations. To ensure that the manipulator system on the China Space Station (CSS) is user-friendly, the human factors engineering team has carried out extensive studies on the human factors design and evaluation of the space manipulator teleoperation system from three aspects: the technical process, research on ergonomic requirements, and ergonomic evaluation. This article systematically combs the technical process and index system of the human factors design and requirements research on CSS manipulator teleoperation system, which has guided the optimization of space manipulator engineering. This article expounds the research work on ergonomic requirements and suggestions related to manipulator teleoperation through experimental research on cognitive characteristics and human factors in display and control interfaces. We focus on human factors experimental research for camera type and handle polarity, and a recommended scheme for camera display and handle polarity has been screened out accordingly. Finally, the human-in-the-loop ergonomic evaluation method is demonstrated with a cooperative manual control task. The research results have facilitated the human factors design and optimization improvement of the space manipulator manipulator system, and have contributed significantly to the safe and smooth completion of astronaut extravehicular activities on the CSS.
ISSN:1044-7318
1532-7590
1044-7318
DOI:10.1080/10447318.2023.2250055