Designing human-machine interaction concepts for machine tool controls regarding ergonomic requirements

Controlling machine tools causes high mental strain levels for the operator due to tremendous machine functionality and process complexity. As a consequence, innovative human-machine interaction concepts are required. This paper discusses a morphological box as a method for selecting different technologies as a task suitable interaction concept for machine tool controls regarding ergonomic requirements, based on a comprehensive technology catalogue. As a result, we designed an interaction concept to optimize the operator's strain level, appropriate to the context of use of controlling and monitoring multiple machine tools. (C) 2017, IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Hosting by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.