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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806884903321

Autore

Grabowski Andrzej

Titolo

Virtual reality and virtual environments : a tool for improving occupational safety and health / / Andrzej Grabowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

1-00-304851-X

1-003-04851-X

1-000-07725-X

1-000-07729-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 pages)

Collana

Occupational safety, health, and ergonomics. Theory and practice

Disciplina

658.382

Soggetti

Industrial safety - Management

Industrial safety - Data processing

Industrial hygiene - Data processing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction to Virtual Reality (VR). 2. Virtual Reality as a Training Tool. 3. Increasing the Cognitive Skills of Workers via Virtual Environments. 4. Testing Workstations in Virtual Reality -- An Example of Cooperation with a Robot (Collaborative Robot). 5. Virtual Reality in the Adaptation of Workstations and Workplaces. 6. The Use of Virtual Environments to Support the Selection of Protective Systems for Machines in Order to Reduce the Risk Associated with Their Operation. 7. Numerical Simulations in Virtual Environments. 8. Summary.

Sommario/riassunto

"These VR techniques offer a wide range of possibilities for people with disabilities and special needs assisting them in the process of adapting workstations and provide the perfect tools to support the engineering of safer workplace environment"--