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Research activity
XiLab
Research activity Impact on society
The research combines advanced virtual From the research, XiLab (X-in-the-Loop simulation
simulation with human factors and ergonomics Lab) was born (www.xilab.unimore.it). It uses structured
to design high-quality experiences of use. methodologies for the analysis of user experience
VR-AR are used to study human-machine and simulations to predict future problems. It aims
interaction before realization, to predict the at designing intuitive and easy-to-use systems, with
users’ physical stress and mental workload. huge impact on industry and society, from commercial
Main goals: design intuitive, efficient and products, to industrial machines or manufacturing
pleasant products and processes, improving systems.
performance and user experience.
Context and motivation of National and international
the research academic relationships regarding
Digitization, automation and intelligent the activity
technologies are evolving human-machine
interaction. Tasks are more complex and UTFPR - Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
attention is frequently shared on multiple topics. (BR), RMIT University (AU), National Tsing Hua
The research focuses on using digital simulation University (TW), Jonkoping University (SE), University
to understand the new forms of human- of Coimbra (PT), Technical University of Delft (NL),
machine interaction and improve system design BIBA University (DE), PROSTEP AG (DE), CRF - Centro
to optimize the users’ physical and mental Ricerche Fiat (ITA), Università Politecnica delle Marche
workload. (ITA)
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