[IISE Faculty List] Special Issue "Ergonomics and Human Factors at Work"

[Sol Lim]

*IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors:*

*Ergonomics and Human Factors at Work*



Contribute to our Special Issue on *Human-Robot Collaboration in
Occupational Settings*





*Description:*

Human-robot collaboration (HRC) is emerging in the occupational domain, in
which one or more humans and one or more robots share a workspace and,
ideally, collaborate to enhance productivity and human health and safety.
There is a need for the Human Factors and Ergonomics community to
systematically assess the benefits and potential limitations of HRC in
various occupational settings to better utilize the technology for safety
and health risk control, while avoiding risk exposures that may be
introduced due to inadequate consideration of human factors. Several
aspects of HRC are relevant for this special issue, including: effects of
task types, task allocation, robot intelligence and capacities, levels of
collaboration, and human robot communications or interaction modalities.



This special issue will include contributions that address the potential or
actual advantages and challenges associated with the occupational
applications of HRC to facilitate safe and effective implementation in
diverse occupational settings.



Topics of interest include but are not limited to the topics below.
However, papers accepted for this special issue must have a central focus
on the “human” in HRC.

·       Theoretical frameworks for HRC in occupational settings

·       Collaborative robots (cobots) and work allocation between humans
and robots

·       Multi-human, multi-robot collaborations

·       Industry-specific health and safety issues

·       Testbed HRC systems and processes for evaluation

·       Use of mixed reality for enhanced situation awareness

·       Interaction modalities in HRC

·       Human perception, attention, prediction, and/or intention
estimation for HRC

·       Robot intelligence and its effects on trust, performance, and
safety of collaboration

·       Human cognitive workload and mental stress associated with HRC tasks

·       Stationary, collaborative, mobile, and medical robots, drones,
powered exoskeletons, and autonomous ground vehicles



What can I contribute?

·       Submissions are welcomed using any of the journal’s manuscript
types (i.e., Original Research, Methods/Models/Theories, Reviews, Brief
Reports, Position Papers, Viewpoints, Historical Perspectives, Emerging
Issues, Applications, and Case Reports)

·       Submissions addressing the perceptual, cognitive, physical,
environmental, safety, usability, psychosocial, or organizational
ergonomics related to the current or future use of HRC.

·       Methodological diversity is encouraged; we welcome submissions
using qualitative approaches, action research methodologies, surveys,
computer modeling, technical measurements, simulations, data analytics
methods, and observational approaches



Why contribute to the IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and
Human Factors?

·       Accepted papers will be published in a widely read and cited
journal, enabling you to effectively contribute to the development of the
research area

·       Your research will be validated by a robust, double-blind, peer
review process

·       You can share you research using our open access options

·       You can follow the impact of your research using My Authored Works



How can I contribute?

Letters of intent (LOIs) are strongly encouraged prior to submission but
are not required. Prompt feedback will be provided to ensure compatibility
with the special issue. LOIs should be addressed to Dr. Sol Lim at
sol at vt.edu.



All papers must be submitted through the journal’s ScholarOne online
submission website (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/oehf). Complete
information about the journal, including author instructions, review
criteria and procedures, and submission templates, are available at
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/uehf20/current. All submissions must abide
by the journal’s requirements, and the journal’s regular processes will be
followed for review of submissions.



During the online submission process, please indicate that your submission
is for this special issue, entitled “*Human-Robot Collaboration*,” when
prompted for this at the submission website.



*Dates to remember:*

Submission of Manuscripts Due              February 28, 2023

Notification of First Review Decision       April 15, 2023

Expected Publication                               Summer 2023



For any questions about this special issue, including questions about the
relevance/suitability of a planned submission, please contact the Special
Issue Editors below.



*Special Issue Editors:*

Sol Lim, PhD, Virginia Tech, USA, sol at vt.edu

Dawn N. Castillo, MPH, National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), Morgantown, WV, USA, dnc0 at cdc.gov

Hongwei Hsiao, PhD, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, USA,
hongwei.hsiao at tamucc.edu

Xu Xu, PhD, North Carolina State University, USA, xxu at ncsu.edu

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*Sol Lim, Ph.D.*

Assistant Professor | Grado Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
<http://ise.vt.edu> | Virginia Tech <https://vt.edu/>

Co-director | Occupational Ergonomics & Biomechanics (OEB) Labs
<https://oeb.ise.vt.edu/>

549 Whittemore Hall, 1185 Perry Street, Blacksburg, VA 24061

Email: sol at vt.edu

Personal website: https://ise.vt.edu/lim
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