This project is partially funded by theGerman Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG).
Safety strategies for human-robot cooperation (SIMERO)
Abstract
The SIMERO project investigates safety strategies for human/robot coexistence and cooperation. Industrial robots usually do not have sensors that provide overall information about the environment. Obstacles such as humans are not recognized and if collisions occur, this may lead to injury of the human or damage to the robot system. However, for many industrial tasks, it would be very helpful if humans and robots could work together in the same workspace at the same time. The goal of the SIMERO project is to develop safety strategies that allow safe cooperation between industrial manipulators and humans and to implement a demonstration system based on these strategies.
Applications
Planning for manual or automatic assembly or disassembly of components
Off-line and on-line programming of industrial robots
Safe collision-free guidance of (medical or measurement) instruments
Robot-assisted surgery
Surveillance of workspaces, museum exhibits and displays
Optimisation of workspace demands and time usage for production processes
Maintenance tasks with no stoppage of production
Cooperative assembly and disassembly
Contact
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Press releases
- Sichere Zusammenarbeit von Mensch und Roboter — Neues DFG-Projekt bewilligt
(06. September 2005) - Teamwork — Kamerasystem ermöglicht sichere Mensch/Roboter-Kooperation
(02. February 2007) - Wie Mensch und Roboter zusammenarbeiten können — Bayreuther Informatiker entwickelt neuen Ansatz zur Intentionserkennung
(Blick in die Forschung 23/2010, 26. August 2010)