ABSTRACT
Anthropometric design is one of the most important disciplines within the area of ergonomic approaches. With the correct anthropometry layout, products and working tools can be used safely, comfortably, and in a healthy manner. As in today’s modern tailored production, an immediate and direct adaptation of individual dimensions and proportions cannot realistically be realized. Data are needed which can describe the diversity of human body dimensions and which can also be used to adapt the general size of a technical device and that device’s adaptability to the human body dimensions. Here the main objective is to design these products in such a way that they can be used effectively and in a healthy and fatigue-free manner. In the case of highly developed products, a design that focuses on comfort can play a major role. The definition of anthropometry is derived from this: Anthropometry is the scientific measurement and statistical analysis of data about human physical characteristics and the application (engineering anthropometry) of these data in the design and evaluation of system, equipment, manufactured products, human-made environments and facilities.
