Safety strategy for human-robot collaboration: Design and development in cellular manufacturing

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 839-860

  Tan, Jefferey Too Chuan ^a   Duan, Feng ^a   Kato, Ryu ^a   Arai, Tamio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellular manufacturing; Human robot collaboration; Safety

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS; BODY POSTURES; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; COLLABORATIVE WORKING; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN-ROBOT COLLABORATION; IP CAMERA; LIGHT CURTAINS; MECHANICAL DESIGN; OPERATION CONTROL; OPERATOR SAFETY; PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; ROBOT MOTION; ROBOT SYSTEM; SAFETY CONTROLS; SAFETY DESIGN; SAFETY STRATEGY; SAFETY STUDIES; VISION SYSTEMS; WORKING DISTANCES;

MACHINE DESIGN; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROBOTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 77951841739     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/016918610X493633     Document Type: Article

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