COVR Toolkit - Supporting safety of interactive robotics applications

Jose Saenz; Irene Fassi; Gerdienke B. Prange-Lasonder; Marcello Valori; Catherine Bidard; Aske B. Lassen; Jule Bessler-Etten

doi:10.1109/ICHMS53169.2021.9582659

COVR Toolkit - Supporting safety of interactive robotics applications

Jose Saenz, Irene Fassi, Gerdienke B. Prange-Lasonder, Marcello Valori, Catherine Bidard, Aske B. Lassen, Jule Bessler-Etten

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Abstract

Collaborative robots (cobots) are increasingly finding use beyond the traditional domain of manufacturing, in areas such as healthcare, rehabilitation, agriculture and logistics. This development greatly increases the size and variations in the level of expertise of cobot stakeholders. This becomes particularly critical considering the role of human safety for collaborative robotics applications. In order to support the wide range of cobot stakeholders, the EU-funded project COVR 'Being safe around collaborative and versatile robots in shared spaces' has developed a freely available, web-based Toolkit that offers support to understand how to consider the safety of cobot applications. This paper describes the state of the art for ensuring safety across various life cycle phases in the development and implementation of collaborative robotics applications and highlights how the Toolkit provides practical support during these tasks. The Toolkit aims to be the most comprehensive resource for supporting cobot stakeholders in ensuring the safety of their applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems, ICHMS 2021
Editors	Andreas Nurnberger, Giancarlo Fortino, Antonio Guerrieri, David Kaber, David Mendonca, Malte Schilling, Zhiwen Yu
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665401708
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHMS53169.2021.9582659
Publication status	Published - 8 Sept 2021
Event	2021 IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems, ICHMS 2021 - Magdeburg, Germany Duration: 8 Sept 2021 → 10 Sept 2021

Conference

Conference	2021 IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems, ICHMS 2021
Abbreviated title	ICHMS 2021
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Magdeburg
Period	8/09/21 → 10/09/21

Keywords

n/a OA procedure
physical human-robot interaction
safety
standardization
collaborative robotics

UN SDGs

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Saenz, J., Fassi, I., Prange-Lasonder, G. B., Valori, M., Bidard, C., Lassen, A. B., & Bessler-Etten, J. (2021). COVR Toolkit - Supporting safety of interactive robotics applications. In A. Nurnberger, G. Fortino, A. Guerrieri, D. Kaber, D. Mendonca, M. Schilling, & Z. Yu (Eds.), 2021 IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems, ICHMS 2021 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHMS53169.2021.9582659

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COVR Toolkit - Supporting safety of interactive robotics applications. / Saenz, Jose; Fassi, Irene; Prange-Lasonder, Gerdienke B. et al.
2021 IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems, ICHMS 2021. ed. / Andreas Nurnberger; Giancarlo Fortino; Antonio Guerrieri; David Kaber; David Mendonca; Malte Schilling; Zhiwen Yu. IEEE, 2021.

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