Assistive technologies for workers in the automotive industry

In many working fields, like for example the automotive production industry, ergonomic unfavorable working positions are not avoidable. Working in “overhead”- position for example is still quite normal in many automotive assembly yards. Although “Overhead-Working-Positions” are known to cause chronical diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Working in bent over position in the car is another often seen situation in car assembly lines. Picture 1 is showing a worker at the production side of Opel in Bochum.