Title :
Image-based 3D-surveillance in man-robot-cooperation
Author :
Krüger, Jorg ; Nickolay, B. ; Schulz, Oliver
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Production Syst. & Design Technol., Berlin
Abstract :
In today´s industrial production, men and robots usually work separately from each another to avoid accidents. Thus, there are two types of manufacturing: the automated and the manual one. Both have its advantages and disadvantages. If it would be possible to overcome the separation of man and robot, the accuracy and speed of robots could be combined with the flexibility and reliability of human workers. The main concern of this cooperation is the safety of the worker. A system based on digital image analysis has been developed, which supervises the working area to avoid collisions between robot and man
Keywords :
collision avoidance; industrial robots; occupational safety; robot vision; surveillance; automated surveillance; collision avoidance; digital image analysis; man-robot-cooperation; robots; worker safety; Digital images; Humans; Image analysis; Industrial accidents; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing industries; Production; Robotics and automation; Safety; Service robots;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Informatics, 2004. INDIN '04. 2004 2nd IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Berlin
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8513-6
DOI :
10.1109/INDIN.2004.1417374
