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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grabowski, Andrzej, author.

Series:

Occupational safety, health, and ergonomics. Theory and practice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial safety--Management.

Industrial safety.

Industrial safety--Data processing.

Industrial hygiene--Data processing.

Industrial hygiene.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2020.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-304851-X

1-003-04851-X

1-000-07725-X

1-000-07729-2

9781003048510

OCLC:

1153336964