Organizational concepts and interaction between humans and robots in industrial environments

This paper is discussing the intuitive interaction with robotic systems and the conceptualisation connected with known organisational problems. In particular, the focus will be on the manufacturing industry with respect to its social dimension. One of the aims is to identify relevant research questions about the possibility of development of safer robot systems in closer human-machine intuitive interaction systems at the manufacturing shop-floor level. We try to contribute to minimize the cognitive and perceptual workload for robot operators in complex working systems. In particular that will be highly relevant when more different robots with different roles and produced by different companies or designers are to be used in the manufacturing industry to a larger extent. The social sciences approach to such technology assessment is of high relevance to understand the dimensions of the intuitive interaction concept

O Fascínio da Cultura Clássica na Vida e Obra do Infante D. Pedro de Avis

UID/HIS/04666/2019A Cultura Clássica exerceu um verdadeiro fascínio na vida e obra do Infante D. Pedro de Avis (1392-1449). Com efeito, ele foi tradutor do De Officiis, de Cícero, e do De Re Militari, de Vegécio, além de ter composto em latim uma oração para a canonização do Condestável D. Nun’Álvares Pereira. A sua obra Livro da Virtuosa Benfeitoria é um notável repositório de citações de autores clássicos, bem como de referências a várias personalidades da História da Grécia e Roma antigas. A essência do seu ideal de governação e a sua grande preocupação pela Justiça tiveram como grandes pilares autores como Aristóteles, Cícero e Séneca, bebendo neste último o seu estoicismo. Deste modo, a Cultura Clássica constituiu para o Infante uma das principais fontes do seu saber e dos valores humanos que nortearam toda a sua vida, podendo dizer-se que não apenas “nos seus braços se perdeu”, mas principalmente se encontrou a si próprio, num fascínio que foi testemunhado pela sua divisa désir.publishersversionpublishe

Measuring poverty in Portugal: an absolute approach

The aim of this article is to measure poverty in Portugal from an absolute perspective. We estimated several absolute poverty lines and defined maximum and minimum thresholds. We applied aggregation measures to these thresholds and constructed probit models to assess the effect of some variables on poverty. The intervals obtained contain the poverty lines constructed by other approaches. We got evidence that poverty is positively correlated with the number of people in the household, with living alone; negatively correlated with the number of workers in the household, the share on non-food expenditure and the existence of a heating device at home

a literature review

UIDB/04647/2020 UIDP/04647/2020Despite having been one of the first countries in Europe to introduce provisions in the labour law to promote virtual work and having made strong investments in ICT infrastructure, the adoption of virtual work in Portugal lags significantly behind most European countries. This paper examines the literature, official documents and databases to understand this lag. We found that, notwithstanding the difficulty to measure virtual work, it is possible to say that there were 1.8% of workers in 2005 involved in virtual work. In 2010, less than 3% were involved in virtual work, and in 2015 it grew to 8.2%. The paper identifies two main factors hindering the growth of virtual work: the legal framework and the organisational aspects of work.publishersversionpublishe

The positive impacts (potential benefits)

UIDB/04647/2020 UIDP/04647/2020This paper intended to provide a vision on the potential consequences of the introduction of emerging air transportation system which was based on a section of the thesis to contribute to the forming of public and policy opinion.Especially this paper tried to understand whether there were enough positive social and environmental impacts in terms of potential benefits to continue the efforts.The negative impacts are beyond the scope of this paper. Limitations of the current ground and airline transportation systems, increasing congestion, poor block speed, combined with expanding population and demand for affordable on-demand mobility are driving the development of future transportation technology and policy. The third wave of aeronautic,e VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and landing) Air Transportation System, is envisioned as the next logical step in the natural progression and could bring about great new capabilities for society that would bring aviation into a new age of being relevant in daily lives. Considering door to door block time, e VTOL Air Transportation System has the potential to achieve anotherfive-fold increase over the auto today as the auto provided ten-fold increase over the horse, and a daily mobility reach of 125 to 250 miles.The main benefits will be on-demand, point-to-point,safe travel, further and anywhere in less travel time with almost zero environmental impact for general people. Besides, a successful implementation and sustainable transition will depend on overcoming technological hurdles, regulatory frameworks, operational safety, cost competitiveness, and sensibilities of the affected communities.publishersversionpublishe

New Manufacturing Environments with Micro- and Nanorobotics

UIDB/04647/2020 UIDP/04647/2020The convergence of nano-, bio-, information, and cognitive sciences and technologies (NBIC) is advancing continuously in many societal spheres. This also applies to the manufacturing sector, where technological transformations in robotics push the boundaries of human–machine interaction (HMI). Here, current technological advances in micro- and nanomanufacturing are accompanied by new socio-economic concepts for different sectors of the process industry. Although these developments are still ongoing, the blurring of the boundaries of HMI in processes at the micro- and nano- level can already be observed. According to the authors, these new socio-technical HMIs may lead to the development of new work environments, which can also have an impact on work organization. While there is still little empirical evidence, the following contribution focuses on the question whether the “manufacturing (or working) life” using enhancement practices pushes the boundaries of HMI and how these effects enable new modes of working in manufacturing. Issues of standardization, acceleration of processes, and order-oriented production become essential for technological innovation in this field. However, these trends tend to lead to a “manufacturing life” in work environments rather than to new modes of work in industry.publishersversionepub_ahead_of_prin

Technology Assessment in Japan and Europe

The goal of technology assessment (TA) is to lend support to society and policy making by promoting understanding of the problems related to the grand sociotechnical challenges of our time, as well as to assess the available options for managing them. Researchers from Japan and Europe reflected together in this book on country-specific developments to identify the conditions that must be present to anchor TA in science, politics, and society. This book helps us to learn about different cultures

Francia interessada con Portugal, en la separación de Castilla : con noticia de los interesses comunes de los Principes, y Estados de Europa a la magestad christianissima de Doña Ana de Austria, ...

Copia digital. Valladolid : Junta de Castilla y León. Consejería de Cultura y Turismo, 2009-2010Sign.: []2, A-Z2, 2A-2C2Errores de pág.Frontispicio grab. representando santos y esc. heráldicoGrab. intercalados en el texto (recortados y pegados

Prefácio

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Dois olhares sobre a escravatura no século XVI

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