Ergonomics - Ergonomics

Japanese: アーゴノミクス - あーごのみくす
Ergonomics - Ergonomics

…During World War II in the United States, research into the compatibility of humans and machines in relation to the design of weapons progressed rapidly, but in recent times, with the age of automation as a backdrop, this field has become increasingly important. In Europe, this field developed based on labor science and is called ergonomics (also spelled ergonomics), while in America, with the backdrop of a machine-civilized society, it is called human factors engineering, with an emphasis on the human factors in man-machine systems. The term human engineering has also been used for a long time. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "ergonomics" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また第2次大戦中にアメリカにおいて,兵器の設計に関連して人間と機械との整合性の研究が急速に進んだが,最近ではオートメーション時代を背景にして,ますます重要視されるようになった。この分野はヨーロッパでは労働科学を基調として発展してアーゴノミクスergonomics(エルゴノミクスとも表記される)と呼ばれ,アメリカでは機械文明社会を背景にして,マン・マシンシステムにおける人的要因に重点を置き,human factors engineeringと呼んでいる。またhuman engineeringという言葉も古くから使われている。…

※「アーゴノミクス」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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