Usability Study Of Integrated Rula-Kinect System For Work Posture Assessment

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Nadiah, Halim, Isa, Radin Umar, Radin Zaid, Jamli, Mohamad Ridzuan, Syed Mohamed, Muhammad Syafiq, Albawab, Tarek Mhd Moataz, Abdullah, Muhammad Haziq Lim, Padmanathan, Vinothini
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTHM 2018
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/22989/2/Usability%20Study%20of%20RULA%20-%20Kinect.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/22989/; http://penerbit.uthm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/ijie/article/view/2849

A good work posture is one of vital contributors to occupational health and to increase the efficiency of industrial workers.Recently,numerous research works have developed an Integrated RULA- KinectTM system for work posture assessment;however,usability of the developed system remains unknown.The objective of this study was to develop a prototype of Integrated RULA-KinectTM system. Additionally,this study performed usability testing on the Integrated RULA-KinectTM system and RULA Employee Assessment Worksheet to determine feedbacks and reactions from the potential users.A focus group session was conducted among eight potential users,which divided into 2 groups (novice and expert).The results of the focus group session revealed that both novice and expert users agreed that the Integrated RULA-KinectTM system is easy to use compared to RULA Employee Assessment Worksheet. This study concluded that the Integrated RULA-KinectTM system is able to counter some limitations of the RULA Employee Assessment Worksheet.