Towards safe robots [electronic resource] : approaching Asimov's 1st law / Sami Haddadin.

Towards safe robots [electronic resource] : approaching Asimov's 1st law / Sami Haddadin.

9783642403088 electronic book
3642403085 electronic book
9783642403071

Heidelberg : Springer, [2013?]

©2014

English

1 online resource (xxvi, 350 pages) : illustrations (some color).

10.1007/978-3-642-40308-8 doi

TJ211.49

629.892

The vision of seamless human-robot interaction in our everyday life that allows for tight cooperation between human and robot has not become reality yet. However, the recent increase in technology maturity finally made it possible to realize systems of high integration, advanced sensorial capabilities and enhanced power to cross this barrier and merge living spaces of humans and robot workspaces to at least a certain extent. Together with the increasing industrial effort to realize first commercial service robotics products this makes it necessary to properly address one of the most fundamental questions of Human-Robot Interaction: How to ensure safety in human-robot coexistence? In this authoritative monograph, the essential question about the necessary requirements for a safe robot is addressed in depth and from various perspectives. The approach taken in this book focuses on the biomechanical level of injury assessment, addresses the physical evaluation of robot-human impacts, and isolates the major factors that cause human injuries. This assessment is the basis for the design and exploration of various measures to improve safety in human-robot interaction. They range from control schemes for collision detection, reflex reaction, and avoidance to the investigation of novel joint designs that equip robots with fundamentally new capabilities.

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Springer tracts in advanced robotics ; 90.

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