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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to clarify the underlying hazards of human‐mimic human‐collaborative industrial robots.
Design/methodology/approach
Preliminary hazard analysis is applied to a new industrial upper‐body‐humanoid under development. The result of the analysis is summarized by Fishbone diagram analysis.
Findings
Six hazard categories involving a four‐class physical human robot interaction hazard classification are derived from the analysis.
Originality/value
The method of analyzing hazards presented here and the hazard theory derived from the analysis can be used in other developmental projects.
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2009
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