What is Ergoniza Intelligent?

Unlike a tool dedicated to a single method, Ergoniza Intelligent brings together several analytical perspectives on the same representation of an activity. Users can adjust the model's posture, add loads and work conditions, and observe how the results change. This supports both the assessment of an existing situation and the comparison of design alternatives or preventive measures.

The model represents the body through segments and joints and adapts to the anthropometric data of the person being assessed. Users can define loads held in the hands or applied to other parts of the body, external forces and moments, supports, seated posture, exposure times, and activity repetition. The analysis therefore considers not only body position but also the mechanical and temporal conditions under which it is maintained or repeated.

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The application provides three main modes. The appropriate choice depends on whether the objective is to study a specific situation, the complete evolution of a task, or a manual load-handling operation. Each mode adapts data entry, available results, and the treatment of time.

Postures can be built and corrected manually on the three-dimensional model. They can also be obtained from an image, a video file, or a camera connected to the device. For sequences, video capture records how posture changes throughout the activity and lets the user select an appropriate sampling frequency for the analysis.

Ergoniza Intelligent can also import data captured by external motion-capture systems, including MVNX sequences. Regardless of their source, automatically obtained postures must be reviewed. Users can correct segment orientation, verify supports, and adjust sequence instants before running the calculations.

This combination supports many types of information, from a photograph of a static task to a full recording of an activity or an instrumented capture. Result accuracy always depends on whether the entered posture, conditions, and timing correctly represent the observed work.

Ergoniza Intelligent provides an overall assessment of the activity through complementary results. It identifies the most heavily loaded body regions and helps determine whether a problem arises mainly from posture, applied loads, repetition, duration, or a combination of factors.

A large number of results may be available, particularly for activities containing thousands of postures. The Results Advisor brings together the main findings, ranks them by relevance, and helps users locate the aspects that should be reviewed first. Within a sequence, it can select priority instants and provide direct access to the corresponding posture.

The advisor adapts its analysis to the active mode and allows filtering by risk criteria and body part. Its overall assessment does not replace the source results; it organizes them and guides their interpretation. Temporal charts and the display of results on the model complete this review and relate each warning to the posture or condition that caused it.

The Results Advisor highlights priority instants and findings.

The application also includes Ergo-Wizard, an AI-based assistant that can summarize results already calculated and provide a general explanation of the findings. This assistant does not recalculate the assessment or replace professional interpretation; it organizes the available information to make it easier to understand and to draft preventive conclusions.

Results can be documented in reports adapted to the type of analysis. For a Single Posture, the report brings together the model configuration, conditions, and selected results. For Multiple Postures, users can generate a report for the current posture or a global sequence report. For Lifting, the document includes the tasks and their specific results.

The report generator lets users select sections, change their order, configure the included results, and review a preview before generating the document. Reports can also include charts, model images, introductory text, and conclusions. Text templates support the reuse of common content while allowing it to be adapted to each assessment.

This flexibility allows the final document to match the purpose of the study: a rapid review of a posture, full documentation of an activity, or a comparison of different intervention alternatives.

1. Define the assessment objective. Determine whether a posture, an activity sequence, or a lifting task will be analyzed.

2. Adjust the model. Enter anthropometric data and select the general conditions representing the person and the task.

3. Enter the postures. Adjust them manually, capture them from an image, video, or camera, or import an available sequence.

4. Define activity conditions. Add loads, forces, supports, duration, repetitions, and rest periods when relevant.

5. Review the information. Verify that captured postures and entered parameters correctly represent the observed situation.

6. Analyze and interpret. Review postural, biomechanical, temporal, and stability results together and identify priority conditions.

7. Document and compare. Generate charts and reports and, when useful, modify the task to study the effect of potential preventive measures.

Calculations are based on models and preventive criteria that simplify reality. The results are estimates intended to support ergonomic assessment and must be interpreted by a person with appropriate knowledge of ergonomics, the activity, and the work context. They are not a clinical diagnosis and do not, by themselves, establish the presence or absence of injury.

Before drawing conclusions, users must review posture quality, body orientation relative to gravity, external loads, supports, and temporal parameters. Results should also be compared with direct observation, information from the people performing the task, and other methods or measurements when necessary.