Risk analysis of a robot-safety device system

International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-87

  Vanderperre, E J ^a   Makhanov, S S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Availability; Cold standby; Fast repair; Numerical procedure; Risk criterion; Robot; Safety device

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AVAILABILITY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY DEVICES;

COLD STANDBY; RISK-CRITERION; ROBOT-SAFETY DEVICE SYSTEMS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 8644254470     PISSN: 02185393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218539302000676     Document Type: Article

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