Reference Hub3
Time-of-Flight Cameras Enabling Collaborative Robots for Improved Safety in Medical Applications

Time-of-Flight Cameras Enabling Collaborative Robots for Improved Safety in Medical Applications

Thomas M. Wendt, Urban B. Himmelsbach, Matthias Lai, Matthias Waßmer
Copyright: © 2017 |Volume: 9 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 8
ISSN: 1941-8663|EISSN: 1941-8671|EISBN13: 9781522512660|DOI: 10.4018/IJITN.2017100102
Cite Article Cite Article

MLA

Wendt, Thomas M., et al. "Time-of-Flight Cameras Enabling Collaborative Robots for Improved Safety in Medical Applications." IJITN vol.9, no.4 2017: pp.10-17. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJITN.2017100102

APA

Wendt, T. M., Himmelsbach, U. B., Lai, M., & Waßmer, M. (2017). Time-of-Flight Cameras Enabling Collaborative Robots for Improved Safety in Medical Applications. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications and Networking (IJITN), 9(4), 10-17. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJITN.2017100102

Chicago

Wendt, Thomas M., et al. "Time-of-Flight Cameras Enabling Collaborative Robots for Improved Safety in Medical Applications," International Journal of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications and Networking (IJITN) 9, no.4: 10-17. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJITN.2017100102

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite Full-Issue Download

Abstract

Human-robot collaboration is being used more and more in industry applications and is finding its way into medical applications. Industrial robots that are used for human-robot collaboration, cannot detect obstacles from a distance. This paper introduced the idea of using wireless technology to connect a Time-of-Flight camera to off-the-shelf industrial robots. This way, the robot can detect obstacles up to a distance of five meters. Connecting Time-of-Flight cameras to robots increases the safety in human-robot collaboration by detecting obstacles before a collision. After looking at the state of the art, the authors elaborated the different requirements for such a system. The Time-of-Flight camera from Heptagon is able to work in a range of up to five meters and can connect to the control unit of the robot via a wireless connection.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.