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Towards Mobile Manipulator Safety Standards

Published

Author(s)

Jeremy A. Marvel, Roger V. Bostelman

Abstract

We present an overview of the current safety standards for industrial robots and automated guided vehicles (AGVs), and describe how they relate to the safety concerns of mobile manipulators (robot arms mounted on mobile bases) in modern manufacturing. Considerations for the capabilities of mobile manipulators are provided in relationship to these standards, as are numerous scenarios for which the behavior of a mobile manipulator may be unpredictable or otherwise contrary to the current industrial robot and AGV safety requirements. We also discuss the needs for a new class of test pieces for verifying and validating the functionality of mobile manipulator safety systems in collaborative working environments.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on RObotic and Sensors Environments (ROSE)
Conference Dates
October 21-23, 2013
Conference Location
Washington, DC

Keywords

mobile manipulators, AGV safety, robot safety, safety standards

Citation

Marvel, J. and Bostelman, R. (2013), Towards Mobile Manipulator Safety Standards, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on RObotic and Sensors Environments (ROSE), Washington, DC, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=913947 (Accessed March 19, 2024)
Created October 24, 2013, Updated February 19, 2017