Developing human-robot assembly cells - Simulation, virtual interaction, and applications
- In human-robot assembly cells, some tasks in a production process are carried out by the user, others by the robot, and some tasks are carried out in collaboration. However, the potential and advantages of such systems have not yet been fully harnessed. A systematic approach is needed to design cooperative workflows. Here, an iterative, user-centred development cycle is presented for interactive human-robot applications, complementing traditional automation. Virtual reality development is applied to evaluate the workflows to be defined and to develop a more efficient overall design cycle.