A distributed Approach for Access and Visibility Task under Ergonomic Constraints with a Manikin in a Virtual Reality Environment

TL;DR

This paper introduces a multi-agent system combined with digital mock-up technology to optimize manikin path planning for access and visibility tasks under ergonomic constraints, integrating human operator input for improved simulation accuracy.

Contribution

It presents a novel real-time cooperative multi-agent approach that incorporates human input to enhance ergonomic path planning in virtual environments.

Findings

Validated digital mock-up solutions for maintenance task simulation

Demonstrated effective cooperation between human operator and autonomous agents

Improved ergonomic assessment in virtual reality environments

Abstract

This paper presents a new method, based on a multi-agent system and on digital mock-up technology, to assess an efficient path planner for a manikin for access and visibility task under ergonomic constraints. In order to solve this problem, the human operator is integrated in the process optimization to contribute to a global perception of the environment. This operator cooperates, in real-time, with several automatic local elementary agents. The result of this work validates solutions brought by digital mock-up and that can be applied to simulate maintenance task.