man-machine
Person and apparatus
Man-machine describes the interface or interaction between humans and machines, especially computers.
The term appears in technical contexts discussing how people operate, communicate with, or are augmented by technology: man-machine interface, man-machine systems.
It often implies collaboration rather than replacement—humans and machines working together.
The compound has an old-fashioned ring; human-computer or human-machine now appear more frequently.
Industrial production facility
- robotProgrammable automated machine
- assembly lineSequential workstation manufacturing
- industrialOf factories and production
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
worker · efficiency · replacement · displacement · productivity · manufacturing · Luddite · obsolescence
Of Vienna, Austria
- feedback loopSelf-modifying cyclical process
- control systemMechanism that regulates behavior
- automationSelf-operating system design
- homeostasisBiological internal stability maintenance
regulation · signal · information theory · adaptive · self-correcting · communication · servo · neural network
Study of work efficiency
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- dashboardVehicle control panel
- controlsOperates or regulates
- displayPresentation for viewing
input · feedback · usability · touchscreen · joystick · haptic · cursor · GUI
Act of adding more
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- hybridThing of mixed parentage
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- integrationCombining into a whole
complementary · cognitive · extension · enhancement · teamwork · coevolution · interdependence · synergy
Cogito ergo sum's author
- dualismPhilosophy of opposed pairs
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- embodimentConcrete manifestation of idea
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
agency · intentionality · determinism · free will · reductionism · materialism · Cartesian · mind-body
factory
Industrial production facility
- robotProgrammable automated machine
- assembly lineSequential workstation manufacturing
- industrialOf factories and production
labor · worker · efficiency · replacement · displacement · productivity · manufacturing · Luddite · obsolescence · deskilling
Wiener
Of Vienna, Austria
- feedback loopSelf-modifying cyclical process
- control systemMechanism that regulates behavior
- automationSelf-operating system design
homeostasis · regulation · signal · information theory · adaptive · self-correcting · communication · servo · neural network · modeling
ergonomics
Study of work efficiency
display · input · feedback · usability · touchscreen · joystick · haptic · cursor · GUI · command
augmentation
Act of adding more
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- hybridThing of mixed parentage
- partnershipShared business arrangement
integration · complementary · cognitive · extension · enhancement · teamwork · coevolution · interdependence · synergy · cooperation
Descartes
Cogito ergo sum's author
- dualismPhilosophy of opposed pairs
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- embodimentConcrete manifestation of idea
phenomenology · agency · intentionality · determinism · free will · reductionism · materialism · Cartesian · mind-body · autonomy
- cyborgscyborg, T-800, prosthetics, implants, robotic arms
man-machineunmanned
Having no human aboard
autonomous · self-operating · robotic · automatic · hands-free
man-machineautonomous
Self-directed and free
automated · self-driving · hands-free · handcraft · artisanal
man-machineorganic
From living matter
natural · biological · interpersonal · social · ecological
man, machine, manly, manliness, manhood, mankind, manlike, unmanned, manned