Abstract
The accident study related to industrial robots in Finland shows that
robots are used for many kinds of applications and it is difficult to find
simple similar reasons for the accidents. Therefore a good design method,
which includes risk assessments and the usage of proper checklists, helps to
build a good and safe robot system. Safety enhancing technologies are
developing and therefore in the future there will be more possibilities to
minimise risks. On the other hand there will be also new applications where
persons are working beside robots and this is a challenge for safety
engineers. The response time for stopping function needs to be shorter than
with current robots. The new safety controllers are very promising
software-based safety systems. They can make practical many safety functions,
which earlier were made with external and relatively slow hardware.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings |
| Subtitle of host publication | 5th International Conference Safety Of Industrial Automated Systems, SIAS 2007 |
| Pages | 216-221 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
| MoE publication type | B3 Non-refereed article in conference proceedings |
| Event | 5th International Conference Safety of Industrial Automated Systems, SIAS 2007 - Tokyo, Japan Duration: 12 Nov 2007 → 13 Nov 2007 |
Conference
| Conference | 5th International Conference Safety of Industrial Automated Systems, SIAS 2007 |
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| Abbreviated title | SIAS 2007 |
| Country/Territory | Japan |
| City | Tokyo |
| Period | 12/11/07 → 13/11/07 |
Keywords
- Safety
- robot
