Portable Safety System using Radar for Flexible Human-Robot-Collaboration in a Real Semi-automated Production Line
- The implementation of a reliable vision system for a human-robot environment is a key issue for the collaborative production industry. The core challenge of human-robot collaboration is to ensure safety. Furthermore, a flexible safety system is required for frequently changing applications and work areas. This paper focuses on the development and application of a workspace monitoring system for safeguarding using radar sensors. The human-robot collaboration cell is designed to enable a flexible integration regardless of the work location. This results in higher productivity. Since no separating protective devices are provided for the cell, safety-oriented monitoring and control by suitable safety sensors is required. The methods to minimize the size of the necessary safety distance will be presented. The experimental validation shows that this safety system with radar sensors performs a reliable workspace monitoring system. The high robustness, reactivity and flexibility of the safet y concept makes this system usable forThe implementation of a reliable vision system for a human-robot environment is a key issue for the collaborative production industry. The core challenge of human-robot collaboration is to ensure safety. Furthermore, a flexible safety system is required for frequently changing applications and work areas. This paper focuses on the development and application of a workspace monitoring system for safeguarding using radar sensors. The human-robot collaboration cell is designed to enable a flexible integration regardless of the work location. This results in higher productivity. Since no separating protective devices are provided for the cell, safety-oriented monitoring and control by suitable safety sensors is required. The methods to minimize the size of the necessary safety distance will be presented. The experimental validation shows that this safety system with radar sensors performs a reliable workspace monitoring system. The high robustness, reactivity and flexibility of the safet y concept makes this system usable for collaborative tasks in a real industrial environment.…


| Author: | Christian Bergner, Ferhat Akan, Ronald Schmidt-Vollus, Peter Heß, Christian Deuerlein |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5220/0010645800003061 |
| ISBN: | 978-989-758-537-1 |
| Parent Title (German): | Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Robotics, Computer Vision and Intelligent Systems ROBOVIS - Volume 1 |
| Publisher: | SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications |
| Document Type: | conference proceeding (article) |
| Language: | English |
| Reviewed: | Begutachtet/Reviewed |
| Contributing Corporation: | Institute of Smart Production, Nuremberg Campus of Technology |
| Release Date: | 2024/08/05 |
| Tag: | Human-Robot-Collaboration, Safety System, Radar, Flexibility, Portability, Standard-CE. |
| First Page: | 67 |
| Last Page: | 76 |
| institutes: | Fakultät für Elektrotechnik Feinwerktechnik Informationstechnik |
| Fakultät Maschinenbau und Versorgungstechnik | |
| Research Themes: | Materialien & Produktionstechnik |
| Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |

