Simulation methodology for performance and safety evaluation of human-industrial robot collaboration workstation design
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2019

There is a strong interest in the scope of human-industrial robot collaboration (HIRC) in manufacturing industry for greater flexibility and productivity. However, HIRC in manufacturing is still in its infancy; industrial practitioners have many apprehensions and uncertainties concerning the system's performance and human operators' safety. Therefore, there is a need for investigations into design processes and methods to make sure the designed HIRC workstations successfully meet design guidelines on system performance, human safety and ergonomics for practical industrial applications. This research proposes a HIRC workstation design process. The novelty of this design process is the methodology to evaluate the HIRC workstation design alternatives by considering both performance and safety characteristics through computer-based simulations. As a proof of concept, the proposed HIRC design process is applied on an industrial manufacturing case from a heavy-vehicle manufacturing company.

Performance evaluation

Human industrial robot collaboration

Ergonomics

Risk assessment

Collision model

Safety

Författare

Fredrik Ore

Scania AB

Mälardalens högskola

Bhanoday Vemula

Mälardalens högskola

Lars Hanson

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Produktionssystem

Högskolan i Skövde

Scania AB

Magnus Wiktorsson

Mälardalens högskola

Bjorn Fagerstrom

Mälardalens högskola

International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications

23665971 (ISSN) 2366598X (eISSN)

Vol. 3 3 269-282

Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2011)

Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi

Design

Övrig annan teknik

DOI

10.1007/s41315-019-00097-0

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