Human Factors Research Group

Advanced Manufacturing 

The HFRG has been involved in understanding human factors in manufacturing for over 20 years.

Advanced Manufacturing
 

In particular, our research aims to optimise manufacturing systems for individuals and teams, as well as industrially-produced products for end users.

Our work has informed the development of advanced technologies which have been implemented in OEMs and SMEs

Our research is underpinned by long-standing expertise in Human Factors, with a multidisciplinary team drawing from industrial design, engineering, psychology, human-computer interaction and computer science. 

Examples of our work include:

    • research into virtual reality systems for reducing cost in automotive design processes;
    • supporting the collaborative work of co-located and distributed engineering and design teams (through technology and organisational interventions), developing and testing haptic feedback for improving spatial understanding in virtual environments;
    • understanding multisensory virtual environments for health and safety training;
    • testing virtual training environments for automotive service and assembly tasks;
    • investigating trust in virtual reality;
    • and developing cloud-based systems to support design and manufacturing activities.
 

Projects

CloudiFacturing
 
Network Plus: Industrial Systems in the Digital Age
 
Sensory illusions using low-cost haptic devices to enhance spatial understanding for engineering design
 
Use-it-Wisley: Innovative continuous upgrades of high investment product-services
 
CloudFlow: Computational Cloud Services and Workflows for Agile Engineering
 
LARTE - Live Augmented Reality Training Environments
 
VISTRA: Virtual Simulation and Training of Assembly and Service Processes in Digital Factories
 
IMOSHION: Improving Occupational Safety and Health in European SMEs with the help of Simulation and Virtual Reality
 
ManuVAR: Manual work support throughout system lifecycle by exploiting virtual and augmented reality
 
DiFac: Digital Factory for Human Oriented Production System
 
Cloud Manufacturing
 
Evolvable Assembly Systems
 

Human Factors Research Group

Faculty of Engineering
The University of Nottingham
University Park, Nottingham
NG7 2RD, UK


Telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 4040
Email: human.factors@nottingham.ac.uk