Abstract
A new methodology for describing the safety of
human-robot collaborations is presented. Taking a
task-based perspective, a risk assessment of a
collaborative robot system safety can be evaluated
offline during the initial design stages. This risk
assessment factors in such elements as tooling, the
nature and duration of expected contacts, and any
amortized transfer of pressures and forces onto a human
operator. Risk assessments of example tasks are provided
for illustrative purposes.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 260-275 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- collaborative work
- human-machine interaction
- manufacturing automation
- risk analysis
- safety
