Safe Sensing for Industrial Human-Robot Collaboration

Safe Sensing for Industrial Human-Robot Collaboration discusses the trend for future technology development in this field. Its driving force is the vision that many industrial scenarios will include both human workers with specific expertise and robotic production assistants with their characteristic strengths, combining forces to empower a production facility with superior productivity and flexibility. This book presents professionals with the real requirements for safe sensing in industrial mixed human-robot environments, along with the current availability of safe sensing technologies/products. With its real cases regarding industrial human-robot collaboration, this book will be a great resource for both graduate students and researchers.

• Provides the guidance and instruction to understand the real requirements and state-of-the art technology as the foundation/basis for industrial human-robot collaboration
• Focuses on safety sensing and the perception required to ensure that the robot has awareness of the human operator in the robot workspace and can behave in a safe manner
• Contains the state-of-the-art of safe sensing technology, covering scientific research, prototypes and existing products