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Feasibility studyofacertifiableproductionenvironment
usingsafe environmental sensorsystems
MaximilianPapa,VinzenzSattinger,WilfriedKubinger
UASTechnikum Wien,Hoeststaedtplatz6,A-1200Vienna
{maximilian.papa,vinzenz.sattinger,wilfried.kubinger}@technikum-wien.at
Abstract. Safe robot development is based on three
factors: safety,performanceandeconomy. Currently
however, only two properties can be maximized at
once, which is why an alternative for maximizing all
three factors has been worked on. In particular the
topic of safe environment has been discussed, where
sensors from individual robots will be relocated in
the environment. A sensor thus monitors more than
one robot, which leads to an increase in efficiency.
Due to the novelty, technical and legal requirements
of such a system have first been clarified. The re-
quiredcomponentshave thenbeendetermined inor-
der to plan a possible implementation. Finally an
adapted concept for the Digital Factory of the UAS
Technikum Vienna showed the feasibility of a safety-
certifiable environmental sensor system.
1. Introduction
The fourth industrial revolution is characterized
by a flexible production of individual products,
which will be ensured by interconnected smart com-
ponents and robots [5]. However, robots of the third
industrial revolution are not flexible enough for this
task due to their stationary location. For this rea-
son they are accompanied by mobile robots, which
enable a higher production flexibility [3]. These
robots will further relieve human work forces from
monotonous work allowing them to work on more
complex tasks [2]. A combination of human flexi-
bility and robot repeatability thus represents the fu-
ture of production, whereby safe cooperation must
be guaranteed. Furthermore, appropriate changes in
intelligentproductionsystemsare recommendeddue
to an expected compound annual growth of 23.1%
between 2018 and 2023 in the area covering tech-
nologiesof the fourth industrial revolution [4]. 2.CurrentSolutionsandMotivation
Development of industrial and mobile robots is
based on three factors as shown in Figure 1. How-
ever, current conceptsonlymanage tomaximize two
of the three properties at once. As safety should
never be neglected in a factory, there are two possi-
bleconfigurations: Eitherexpensivesystemsorcost-
efficient approacheswithweakerperformance [1].
Figure1. Factorsof commonrobotdevelopment
Themotivationofthisworkisthemaximizationof
all three properties in development of safe robotics.
Apromisingsolutionwouldbetherelocationof indi-
vidual robot sensors into the environment. The basic
ideais thatonesensorcanmonitorseveral robotsand
therefore fewer sensorsareneeded.
3.BasicRequirementsandMethods
As there is no safe environment system available
yet, technical and legal requirements have to be re-
searched for safety certification in Austrian enter-
prises first. However, applicable documents differ in
each case and experts (e.g. TU¨V AUSTRIA, labour
inspectorate, etc.) should be consulted for support.
Afterwards suitable components of the three identi-
fiedkeyelementsofsensorsystems,processingunits
and communication modules have to be researched
and compared. Subsequently concepts with these re-
quirementsandcomponentshave tobecreatedanda
valuebenefitanalysis shoulddetermine thebestone.
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Joint Austrian Computer Vision and Robotics Workshop 2020
- Title
- Joint Austrian Computer Vision and Robotics Workshop 2020
- Editor
- Graz University of Technology
- Location
- Graz
- Date
- 2020
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-85125-752-6
- Size
- 21.0 x 29.7 cm
- Pages
- 188
- Categories
- Informatik
- Technik