A survey of robot learning strategies for human-robot collaboration in industrial settings

D Mukherjee, K Gupta, LH Chang, H Najjaran - Robotics and Computer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increased global competition has placed a premium on customer satisfaction, and there is a
greater demand for manufacturers to be flexible with their products and services. This …

Risk assessment tools for industrial human-robot collaboration: Novel approaches and practical needs

TP Huck, N Münch, L Hornung, C Ledermann, C Wurll - Safety Science, 2021 - Elsevier
According to the standard ISO 10218–2, industrial robot systems must be subjected to a risk
assessment prior to commissioning. In current industrial practice, risk assessments are …

Risk assessment for human-robot collaboration in an automated warehouse scenario

R Inam, K Raizer, A Hata, R Souza… - 2018 IEEE 23rd …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Collaborative robotics is recently taking an ever-increasing role in modern industrial
environments like manufacturing, warehouses, mining, agriculture and others. This trend …

Methods for considering safety in design of robotics applications featuring human-robot collaboration

J Saenz, R Behrens, E Schulenburg… - … International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Collaborative robotics have a large potential for use in industrial applications. Nevertheless,
this potential is currently unrealized and one of the reasons is the challenges in planning …

Formal model of human erroneous behavior for safety analysis in collaborative robotics

M Askarpour, D Mandrioli, M Rossi… - Robotics and computer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent developments in manufacturing technologies, also known as Industry 4.0, seek to
build Smart Factories where supply chains and production lines are equipped with a higher …

[HTML][HTML] Verified synthesis of optimal safety controllers for human-robot collaboration

M Gleirscher, R Calinescu, J Douthwaite… - Science of Computer …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present a tool-supported approach to the synthesis, verification, and testing of the control
software responsible for the safety of human-robot interaction in manufacturing processes …

Safety controller synthesis for a mobile manufacturing cobot

I Stefanakos, R Calinescu, J Douthwaite… - … Conference on Software …, 2022 - Springer
We present a case study in which probabilistic model checking has been used to synthesise
the correct-by-construction safety controller for a mobile collaborative robot (cobot) deployed …

Testing robot system safety by creating hazardous human worker behavior in simulation

TP Huck, C Ledermann, T Kröger - IEEE Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We introduce a novel simulation-based approach to identify hazards that result from
unexpected worker behavior in human-robot collaboration. Simulation-based safety testing …

Safety controller synthesis for collaborative robots

M Gleirscher, R Calinescu - 2020 25th International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In human-robot collaboration (HRC), software-based automatic safety controllers (ASCs) are
used in various forms (eg shutdown mechanisms, emergency brakes, interlocks) to improve …

AI-based safety analysis for collaborative mobile robots

A Hata, R Inam, K Raizer, S Wang… - 2019 24th IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents implementation details of AI methods used for safety in human robot
collaborative scenarios, based on fuzzy logic and state-of-the-art deep learning-based …