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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: © 2020 |Pages: 9
ISBN13: 9781799817543|ISBN10: 1799817547|EISBN13: 9781799817550
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1754-3.ch032
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Wendt, Thomas M., et al. "Time-of-Flight Cameras Enabling Collaborative Robots for Improved Safety in Medical Applications." Robotic Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 614-622. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1754-3.ch032

APA

Wendt, T. M., Himmelsbach, U. B., Lai, M., & Waßmer, M. (2020). Time-of-Flight Cameras Enabling Collaborative Robots for Improved Safety in Medical Applications. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Robotic Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 614-622). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1754-3.ch032

Chicago

Wendt, Thomas M., et al. "Time-of-Flight Cameras Enabling Collaborative Robots for Improved Safety in Medical Applications." In Robotic Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 614-622. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1754-3.ch032

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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.

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