Principles for Machine/Human Compatibility in Manufacturing Systems

本研究的目的是开发一套人机兼容原则，供系统设计师或工艺工程师在设计或选择基于计算机的制造系统时使用。这些原则旨在帮助实现最大的系统效率。该提案有以下步骤：对金属加工工业部门进行关于机器/人原理应用的调查，通过案例研究来提取暂定的机器/人原理，并从收集的信息中得出旨在指导未来系统设计和选择的原则。一场以计算机为基础的制造业革命正在进行。现在正是尝试为这种技术的设计建立人为因素指导方针的合适时机。本建议中提出的原则将解决这一需要。研究人员完全有资格进行这项研究，根据他们过去的记录，这项工作应该是成功的。

The goal of this research is to develop a set of principles for machine/man compatibility that can be used by system designers or process engineers when designing or selecting computer-based manufacturing systems. These principles are intended to aid in achieving maximum system effectiveness. The proposal has the following steps: Survey of the metalworking industrial sector with respect to the application of machine/man principles, case studies to extract tentative machine/human principles, and from the information gathered, derive principles intended to guide future system design and selection. A computer-based revolution in manufacturing is now under way. Now is the appropriate time to try to set up human factors guidelines for the design of such technology. The principles derived in this proposal will address this need. The investigators are well qualified to conduct this research, and based on their past record should be successful with this work.