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Performance Metrics of Speed and Separation Monitoring in Shared Workspaces

Published

Author(s)

Jeremy A. Marvel

Abstract

A metric is proposed that evaluates speed and separation monitoring efficacy in industrial robot environments in terms of the quantification of safety and the effects on productivity. The collision potential is rep-resented by separation metrics and sensor uncertainty based on perceived noise and bounding region radii. In the event of a bounding region collision between a robot and an obstacle during algorithm evaluation, the severity of the separation failure is reported as a percentage of volume penetration.
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
Volume
10
Issue
2

Keywords

Robot safety, collision avoidance, speed and separation monitoring

Citation

Marvel, J. (2013), Performance Metrics of Speed and Separation Monitoring in Shared Workspaces, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=912633 (Accessed April 16, 2024)
Created April 1, 2013, Updated February 19, 2017