Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering 

Boyi Hu, University of Florida

Wayne Giang, University of Florida

Integration of Robotics Codes and 

Standards into the Occupational Safety 

Engineering Curriculum
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1. Course Module Rationale and Significance

2. Teaching Modules Design

3. Communication Plan
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 Although globally robotics technology is growing rapidly, nevertheless, the

projected workforce in the US is insufficient to meet future demands for

robotic applications in various industries.

 Robotics development is in the national interest and providing training in

robotics standard literacy for the next generation is one of the essential

components to fostering the skills needed for the robotics industry.

 Students are given few practical tools for designing complex human-robot

systems during school.

 The proposed work aims to develop publicly accessible and customizable

instructional modules of collaborative robotics and automation safety

standardization.

Module Rationale and Significance
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 The proposed work will be conducted primarily at the Department of

Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida (UF),

while course modules will be sharing with partnering Institutions of

Higher Education, non-profit organizations, and industry enterprises

through multiple broad dissemination mechanisms.

 We propose to add the new modules to the undergraduate/master split

level course, “Occupational Safety Engineering (EIN6216)” and an upperlevel undergraduate “Human Factors Applications (EIN4245)” course.

Module Rationale and Significance
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Module Rationale and Significance
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Teaching Modules Design
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 Undergraduate course introducing industrial engineering students to

human factors design and evaluation methods, techniques, and

concepts used across different application areas.

 Current domains of application:

 User experience

 Healthcare

 Traffic safety and transportation

 Human-automation and human-robot interaction

Human Factors Applications
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 Domain Knowledge:

 Terminology

 Values and goals

 Methods and best practices

 Work domain (underlying system constraints, components)

 Workers and resources

 Typical processes and tasks

Human Factors Applications
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 Using Technical Standards to Support Design

 Introduction to technical standards

 Standards organizations

 How to access and read standards

 Examples of technical standards in HF domains:

 Healthcare and Medical Device design

 Surface Transportation

 Technical Standards in Human-Robot Interaction

Human-Robot Work Design
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Teaching Module Design
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Major Goals:

 Task analysis and function allocation of the system

 Application of standards in work process design

Domain area examples:

 Human-robot collaboration in a commercial kitchen

 Human-AI collaboration in art

 Human-automation interaction for a bus driver

Case Study Project
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 Broaden dissemination to enhance robotics standardization development

 UF EDGE (Electronic Delivery of Gator Education) program and other

pedagogical resources (recording studios and video editing support, for

example) will be leveraged.

 Social media networking accounts will be created for the project on sites such as

LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook to publicize the outcomes.

 Outreach, workshops and organized Sessions

Communication Plan
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Communication Plan