... of reliability and safety. The indoor-orbital electrical inspection robot has increasingly become the main tool to realize the unmanned. Hence, a systematic review is conducted systematically reviewing the current technical status of the indoor-orbital electrical inspection robot and discuss the existed problems...

.... Practical implications The success of the developed algorithm was demonstrated in the current study and the algorithm can be used in other industrial robots for safety. Originality/value In this study, a new and practical safety algorithm is proposed and the health of people working with industrial...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Humanoid robots Robot design Safety Man Machine Interface (MMI) Healthcare robots Artificial Intelligence Figure 1 Dr Aaron Edsinger, CEO and Cofounder at Hello Robot Inc Edsinger: The work that I started with Domo and have...

...@hit.edu.cn 30 05 2018 12 08 2018 18 08 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Robotics safety man machine interface (MMI) cooperative robots Human hand stiffness characteristics during maintained postures have...

...Hemant Rajnathsing; Chenggang Li Purpose Human–robot collaboration (HRC) is on the rise in a bid for improved flexibility in production cells. In the context of overlapping workspace between a human operator and an industrial robot, the major cause for concern rests on the safety of the former...

...Iman Kardan; Alireza Akbarzadeh; Ali Mousavi Mohammadi Purpose This paper aims to increase the safety of the robots’ operation by developing a novel method for real-time implementation of velocity scaling and obstacle avoidance as the two widely accepted safety increasing concepts. Design...

...Philip Long; Christine Chevallereau; Damien Chablat; Alexis Girin Purpose The installation of industrial robots requires security barriers, a costly, time-consuming exercise. Collaborative robots may offer a solution; however, these systems only comply with safety standards if operating at reduced...

... and in the home. The sensing requirements vary according to the application and range from simple person detection and avoidance to human motion tracking, behaviour and safety monitoring, individual recognition and gesture sensing. Sensing technologies include cameras, lasers and ultrasonics, and low cost RGB-D...

...Robert Bogue Purpose This paper aims to provide details of the safety considerations, technologies and standards associated with robots that interact with, or operate in proximity to, humans. Design/methodology/approach Following an introduction, this paper first considers collaborative robots...

... and robot safety. He has produced over 350 refereed publications, filed four patents, supervised 16 successful PhD/MPhil students, created and led international research teams, registered several spin-out companies (and a UK-registered charity) and has led many international externally funded projects...

... Engineer and Co-Founder at United States Robots, Inc. Originality/value Weiss holds 24 patents, is an expert witness in IP litigation, is Vice Chair of ASTM F45 Driverless Automatic Guided Industrial Vehicles and is a member of ANSI/ITSDF B56.5 Safety Standard for Driverless, Automatic Guided...

...Nicholas G. Dagalakis; Jae-Myung Yoo; Thomas Oeste Purpose The purpose of this paper is a description of DITCI, its drop loads and sensors, the impact tools, the robot dynamic impact safety artifacts, data analysis, and modeling of test results. The dynamic impact testing and calibration...

.... (2009) used damping link replaced elasticity. The basic theory of their designs is the same. For variable stiffness mechanism’s research, it is limited to rigid mechanism’s compliance control, while VICTORS, SMERobot and PHRIENDS were trying to develop a safety robot that can contact with people...

.... There are no pinch points, and everything is covered in a fabric. It’s wearing pants that are soft and padded. The three safety equations all connect to sensors through cable harnesses back to a processor that’s running an algorithm. Therefore, it’s really about the smarts and the sensing that the robot will be able...

... 02 01 2015 27 02 2015 27 02 2015 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Telepresence Robotics Safety Contact perception Robotic machining Wrench interpretation Wrench space Force diagrams Many...

... Programming Safety Man machine interface (MMI) Cooperative robots Dr Ostergaard: I always built robots. I was born in Iran. When I was three years old, we moved to the Philippines, and my Dad, an engineer, built the water supply for Cebu City. That’s where I made my first robot (age four...

... and effective enough to sense contact position and contact force simultaneously. Practical implications – This robot skin is low-cost and easy to make and use, which provides safety solutions for most of the robot. Originality/value – For the first time, an integrated robot skin which can get...

... © MCB UP Limited 2003 --> Safety New system for perimeter safeguarding of hazardous areas Keywords: Safety Scientific Technologies, Inc. (STI) has introduced the PA4600 Perimeter Access Type 4 (IEC 61496-1,-2) guarding device (Plate 1). This long-range,multi-beam...

... © MCB UP Limited 2003 --> Robots Safety ABB Collision avoidance The "tough cookie" of ABB power robots launched Keywords: Robots, Safety, ABB, Collision avoidance Innovative modular designs to accommodate production changes; robust all steel construction...

... company operating in Portugal, and works with all their models of toilets and bidets. Special attention is given to human machine interfaces (HMI) and safety. The emphasis is on components and on integration with the environment chosen for operation rather than the specifics of operating system selection...