Progress of Research on Computer-Aided Ergonomics

In this paper,the scope of computer-aided ergonomics and its recent development are reviewed.Based on the experience of the national research projects,the difficulties in practice are also pointed out and described. Subsequently,this paper discusses three important aspects in detail:the methods for computer-aided ergonomics,computer technologies in applied ergonomics and the software for ergonomics.Finally,the future development trend in this subject is presented.