Overview of Ergonomics and Safety Aspects of Human-Cobot Interaction in the Manufacturing Industry

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10.2991/978-94-6463-288-0_34How to use a DOI?

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Ergonomics; Safety; Human-cobots interaction; Collaborative robots

Abstract

The technological advancements accompanied by Industry 4.0 have created more opportunities for collaborative interactions between humans and machines. In work environments where humans work alongside collaborative robots (i.e., cobots), there is a critical need to address ergonomics and occupational safety (ergo-safety) issues so that the work systems concerned can function optimally. As such, this paper investigates the ergo-safety determinants of human-cobot interactions in the manufacturing industry. The collaborative nature of the work system concerned will be discussed by considering humans as the leader of the ergo-safety implementation and cobots as the machine to allow deeper insights into the interaction between humans and cobots. The literature review first examines the involvement and impact of ergonomics with the safety implications that ensure safe collaboration. The main challenges in developing human cobots and implementing such systems in the industry are then discussed. It is found that there is an urgent need for optimizing human-robot collaboration when designing such systems. The outcomes of this overview would be of interest to the researchers and practitioners working with or developing Industry 4.0 systems. Moreover, the need to consider Human-Cobot System (HCS) integration and optimization in developing an advanced framework for addressing ergo-safety issues with specific improvements in optimization and cybersecurity is highlighted.

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AU  - Muhammad Ragil Suryoputro
AU  - Tieling Zhang
AU  - Senevi Kiridena
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/11/19
TI  - Overview of Ergonomics and Safety Aspects of Human-Cobot Interaction in the Manufacturing Industry
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Informatics, Technology and Engineering 2023 (InCITE 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 401
EP  - 416
SN  - 2589-4943
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-288-0_34
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-288-0_34
ID  - Suryoputro2023
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