In the Palm of Your Hands

The Challenge: Assess the comfort and ergonomics of two prototype handgrips of a professional walk-behind mower and conduct a competitive analysis of three alternative handgrips.

The Approach:

• Anthropometric analysis
• Ergonomic evaluation
• Comparative evaluation of competitive models.

The Result: A collection of design recommendations which helped define an ideal ergonomic handgrip solution for next generation walk-behind mowers. Implementation of these recommendations helped set apart a professional walk-behind mower in a competitive market.

Services: Human factors, User research, Usability testing