Cooperative Tasks between Humans and Robots in Industrial Environments

Collaborative tasks between human operators and robotic manipulators can improve the performance and flexibility of industrial environments. Nevertheless, the safety of humans should always be guaranteed and the behaviour of the robots should be modified when a risk of collision may happen. This pap...

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Published inInternational journal of advanced robotic systems Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 1 - 10
Main Authors Corrales, J. A., Gómez, G. J. García, Torres, F., Perdereau, V.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Sage Publications Ltd 28.09.2012
InTech
SAGE Publishing
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Automatic
Engineering Sciences
industrial tasks
robotic manipulators
safety strategies
human tracking
human-robot distance
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Summary:Collaborative tasks between human operators and robotic manipulators can improve the performance and flexibility of industrial environments. Nevertheless, the safety of humans should always be guaranteed and the behaviour of the robots should be modified when a risk of collision may happen. This paper presents the research that the authors have performed in recent years in order to develop a human-robot interaction system which guarantees human safety by precisely tracking the complete body of the human and by activating safety strategies when the distance between them is too small. This paper not only summarizes the techniques which have been implemented in order to develop this system, but it also shows its application in three real human-robot interaction tasks.
ISSN:1729-8806
1729-8814
DOI:10.5772/50988