...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...

... of solutions available for most sectors. What is available is rather expensive and there is no cross fertilization between the sectors because of the wide ranging and different standards that are adopted. No real generic standards exist and there are no real regulations to modulate activities except some...

...William G. Rippey Network technology is being used more and more to replace direct‐wired links to integrate equipment making up automated and semi‐automated welding systems. Two formal welding standards efforts, one by the American Welding Society A9 Committee and the other by the Open DeviceNet...

...Zhenqi Zhu; Hongliang Cui The ANSI/RIA R15.05‐1‐1990 is an American national industrial robotics standard that covers methods for evaluating the point‐to‐point and static performance of industrial robots. This standard introduces many important concepts for carrying out performance tests...

... The robot user community has been awaiting industry standardization of robotic hardware and software to minimize the complexity of training, operation,and maintenance. In addition, standardization can reduce the cost associated with spare parts and service, and the frequently long lead times...

... Robots Markets Strategic alliances Standards Entertainment The International Robot Exhibition is held every two years at the Tokyo International Exhibition Center (Big Sight). The International Robot Exhibition 2001 was held from 13–16 November 2001. In comparison with the last one...

... © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Standards Keywords: Standards EUREKA, the European network for industrial innovation, and CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, has signed a cooperation agreement, which improves access for companies to the standardisation process...

...Makoto Mizukawa; Hideo Matsuka; Toshihiko Koyama; Akihiro Matsumoto The Japan Robot Association (JARA) has been conducting standardization activities (ORiN: Open Robot Interface for the Network) in which the main subject is the network interface in the robot controller. In the 1999 international...