DOF

The abbreviation stands for Degrees of Freedom. In ema it describes the degrees of freedom of the human joints.

EAWS

The abbreviation EAWS stands for Ergonomic Assessment Worksheet representing a screening procedure for ergonomics evaluation.

CSV

The abbreviation stands for “comma-separated values” and thus provides a simple format for the exchange of structured data.

HRC

The abbreviation stands for human robot collaboration.

PLM systems

PLM stands for Product Lifecycle Management. A PLM system can be used for the management and processing of all data from a product’s life cycle from the development and planning through to distribution and maintenance.

Reference

In ema, the term “reference object” describes an auxiliary object as a copy of an object to be moved by the human model, which serves as place holder for mounting and/or logistic positions. As the positioning and orientation of objects by means of their local coordinate systems is sometimes difficult, the use of reference objects should be preferred when working with ema.

Toolbar        

Toolbars are buttons to which logos are added, which are located in the graphic interface of an application and which are used to select certain commands and functions.

Tooltip

A graphic element of an application for the representation of help texts corresponding to a window element located below the mouse.