Safety Strategy and Framework for Human–Robot Collaboration

Fenceless obstacle avoidance method for efficient and safe human–robot collaboration in a shared work space

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems ◽

10.1177/1729881420959018 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (5) ◽

pp. 172988142095901

Author(s):

Mohammad Mayyas ◽

Sai P Vadlamudi ◽

Muhammed A Syed

Keyword(s):

Production Efficiency ◽

Area Ratio ◽

Linear Motion ◽

Two Dimensional ◽

Absolute Distance ◽

Dynamics Model ◽

Close Proximity ◽

Collaborative Interaction ◽

Human Robot Collaboration ◽

Safety Strategy

In a given manufacturing setting where workers or robots are coexisting in a confined area and their movements are not coordinated due to loss in communication or because they are freely ranging relative to each other, the development of an onboard safeguard system for a robot becomes a necessity to reduce accidents while the production efficiency is uncompromised. This article develops a two-dimensional dynamics model that predicts the relative position between a robot’s end-of-arm tooling and an approaching object or threat. The safety strategy applied to the robot is derived from the calculation of three parameters: the time of collision predicted from the linear motion between the approaching object and the robot’s end-of-arm tooling, the relative absolute distance, and the overlapping area ratio. These parameters combined are updated in a cost function that is sufficiently alarming the collision severity of an approaching object in real time. This model enables deployment a safe and a productive collaborative interaction in the manufacturing environment where workers and robots are seemingly moving in close proximity within an open workspace with less safeguard barriers.

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Safety Strategy for Human–Robot Collaboration: Design and Development in Cellular Manufacturing

Advanced Robotics ◽

10.1163/016918610x493633 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 24 (5-6) ◽

pp. 839-860 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Jefferey Too Chuan Tan ◽

Feng Duan ◽

Ryu Kato ◽

Tamio Arai

Keyword(s):

Cellular Manufacturing ◽

Design And Development ◽

Human Robot Collaboration ◽

Safety Strategy

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Safety Strategy in the Smart Manufacturing System: A Human Robot Collaboration Case Study

Volume 2: Manufacturing Processes; Manufacturing Systems; Nano/Micro/Meso Manufacturing; Quality and Reliability ◽

10.1115/msec2020-8427 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Xi Vincent Wang ◽

Lihui Wang

Keyword(s):

Manufacturing Industry ◽

Industrial Robot ◽

Working Environment ◽

Smart Manufacturing ◽

Future Research ◽

Human Beings ◽

Biometric Data ◽

Action Strategy ◽

Human Robot Collaboration ◽

Safety Strategy

Abstract The next generation of the manufacturing industry calls for new approaches with smarter functionalities and better/safer working environment for human beings. The Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC) approach provides a feasible solution combing the flexibility and intelligence of a human, together with the accuracy and strength of an industrial robot. However, in the past years, despite the significant development of different HRC approaches, there is still a lack of clear safety strategy for an HRC system. Thus in this paper, the extensive taxonomy of the human-robot relations are first defined to provide a clear classification in different robotic scenarios. Then a comprehensive action strategy is developed toward different scenarios and human stakeholder’s roles. A dynamic HRC layout approach is also introduced based on the actual speed of human and robot and the distance between them. The feasibility of the proposed approaches in this paper is then evaluated via the implemenntation in an HRC-based assembly cell. The operator’s biometric data is also included in the HRC control loop. It is proven achievable to conduct personalised HRC safety strategy based on the human stakeholder’s role, physical conditions, speed and so forth. The future research outlooks and essential considerations are addressed at the end of the paper.

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Safety Strategy for Human–Robot Collaboration: Design and Development in Cellular Manufacturing

Advanced Robotics ◽

10.1080/01691864.2012.704724 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 26 (10) ◽

pp. 1203-1203 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jeffrey Too Chuan Tan ◽

Feng Duan ◽

Ryu Kato ◽

Tamio Arai

Keyword(s):

Cellular Manufacturing ◽

Design And Development ◽

Human Robot Collaboration ◽

Safety Strategy

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Implementation of an Augmented Reality AR Workflow for Human Robot Collaboration in Timber Prefabrication

10.22260/isarc2019/0164 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ondrej Kyjanek ◽

Bahar Al Bahar ◽

Lauren Vasey ◽

Benedikt Wannemacher ◽

Achim Menges

Keyword(s):

Augmented Reality ◽

Human Robot Collaboration

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Semantic knowledge based reasoning framework for human robot collaboration

Procedia CIRP ◽

10.1016/j.procir.2020.05.253 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 97 ◽

pp. 373-378

Author(s):

Sharath Chandra Akkaladevi ◽

Matthias Plasch ◽

Michael Hofmann ◽

Andreas Pichler

Keyword(s):

Semantic Knowledge ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

Human Robot Collaboration

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Release of the National Scheme’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy 2020-2025; the impacts for podiatry in Australia: a commentary

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research ◽

10.1186/s13047-021-00466-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

Author(s):

James M. Gerrard ◽

Shirley Godwin ◽

Vivienne Chuter ◽

Shannon E. Munteanu ◽

Matthew West ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Outcomes ◽

First Nations ◽

Torres Strait Islander ◽

Collective Responsibility ◽

Cultural Safety ◽

Main Body ◽

Torres Strait ◽

The Impact ◽

Torres Strait Islander Health ◽

Safety Strategy

Abstract Background Developing since colonisation, Australia’s healthcare system has dismissed an ongoing and successful First Nations health paradigm in place for 60,000 years. From Captain James Cook documenting ‘very old’ First Nations Peoples being ‘far more happier than we Europeans’ and Governor Arthur Phillip naming Manly in admiration of the physical health of Gadigal men of the Eora Nation, to anthropologist Daisy Bates’ observation of First Nations Peoples living ‘into their eighties’ and having a higher life expectancy than Europeans; our healthcare system’s shameful cultural safety deficit has allowed for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child born in Australia today to expect to live 9 years less than a non-Indigenous child. Disproportionately negative healthcare outcomes including early onset diabetes-related foot disease and high rates of lower limb amputation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples contribute to this gross inequity. Main body In 2020, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority released the National Scheme’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy 2020–2025 - empowering all registered health practitioners within Australia to provide health care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples that is inclusive, respectful and safe, as judged by the recipient of care. This recently released strategy is critically important to the podiatry profession in Australia. As clinicians, researchers and educators we have a collective responsibility to engage with this strategy of cultural safety. This commentary defines cultural safety for podiatry and outlines the components of the strategy in the context of our profession. Discussion considers the impact of the strategy on podiatry. It identifies mechanisms for podiatrists in all settings to facilitate safer practice, thereby advancing healthcare to produce more equitable outcomes. Conclusion Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples access health services more frequently and have better health outcomes where provision of care is culturally safe. By engaging with the National Scheme’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy, all registered podiatrists in Australia can contribute to achieving equity in health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

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