Hi everyone,

I'm working with human-machine interaction. The project I'm involved addresses a multimodal interface for an excavator. The new developed excavator is controlled by a haptic device, which includes haptic cues to the operator, while in the traditional excavator, the operator relies mainly on visual and auditory cues.
So far I'm working on a quantitative modeling of human-excavator interaction, developing and revising mathematical models, then implementing on Matlab in order to compare the haptic-controlled and the traditional excavator in terms of human factors and operation productivity.
If anyone wants to know more details about the project, please contact me.

Enio Frota.