Towards mobile manipulator safety standards

Author

Marvel, Jeremy ; Bostelman, Roger

Author_Institution

U.S. Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

21-23 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

31

Lastpage

36

Abstract

We present an overview of the current (as of Spring, 2013) safety standards for industrial robots and automated guided vehicles (AGVs). We also describe how they relate to the safety concerns of mobile manipulators (robot arms mounted on mobile bases) in modern manufacturing. Provisions for the capabilities of mobile manipulators are provided in relationship to the current standards. Several scenarios are presented for which the behavior of a mobile manipulator may be unpredictable or otherwise contrary to the current safety requirements. We also discuss the needs for a new class of test artifacts for verifying and validating the functionality of mobile manipulator safety systems in collaborative working environments.

Keywords

agile manufacturing; industrial manipulators; manipulators; mobile robots; safety; standards; AGV; agile manufacturing; automated guided vehicles; collaborative working environments; industrial robots; mobile manipulator safety standards; robot arms; Manipulators; Mobile communication; Robot sensing systems; Safety; Service robots; Standards; AGV safety; human-robot collaboration; mobile manipulators; robot safety; safety standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotic and Sensors Environments (ROSE), 2013 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2938-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROSE.2013.6698414

Filename

6698414