Title :
Risk and fault tolerance analysis for robotics and manufacturing
Author :
Hamilton, D.L. ; Cavallaro, J.R. ; Walker, I.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes a novel method for analyzing, within one framework, several important types of risk associated with robotics and manufacturing applications. We build on the established technique of fault tree analysis to analyze the risk/benefits of the physical process, and extend the concept to build a dual structure for environmental costs/benefits. In addition, our framework includes the ability to perform financial cost-benefit analyses
Keywords :
cost-benefit analysis; fault trees; industrial robots; manufacturing industries; manufacturing processes; risk management; robots; tolerance analysis; environmental costs/benefits; fault tolerance analysis; fault tree analysis; financial cost-benefit analyses; manufacturing; risk/benefits analysis; robotics; Costs; Electrochemical machining; Engineering management; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Fault trees; Performance analysis; Pulp manufacturing; Risk analysis; Robots;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnical Conference, 1996. MELECON '96., 8th Mediterranean
Conference_Location :
Bari
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3109-5
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.1996.551001
