Daniel Delgado Bellamy Daniel.Delgadobellamy@uwe.ac.uk
Lecturer Graduate Tutor_Electronics
Safety assessment review of a dressing assistance robot
Delgado Bellamy, Daniel; Chance, Gregory; Caleb-Solly, Praminda; Dogramadzi, Sanja
Authors
Gregory Chance
Praminda Caleb-Solly
Sanja Dogramadzi Sanja.Dogramadzi@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Medical Robotics
Abstract
Hazard analysis methods such as HAZOP and STPA have proven to be effective methods for assurance of system safety for years. However, the dimensionality and human factors uncertainty of many assistive robotic applications challenges the capability of these methods to provide comprehensive coverage of safety issues from interdisciplinary perspectives in a timely and cost-effective manner. Physically assistive tasks in which a range of dynamic contexts require continuous human–robot physical interaction such as e.g., robot-assisted dressing or sit-to-stand pose a new paradigm for safe design and safety analysis methodology. For these types of tasks, considerations have to be made for a range of dynamic contexts where the robot-assistance requires close and continuous physical contact with users. Current regulations mainly cover industrial collaborative robotics regarding physical human–robot interaction (pHRI) but largely neglects direct and continuous physical human contact. In this paper, we explore limitations of commonly used safety analysis techniques when applied to robot-assisted dressing scenarios. We provide a detailed analysis of the system requirements from the user perspective and consider user-bounded hazards that can compromise safety of this complex pHRI.
Citation
Delgado Bellamy, D., Chance, G., Caleb-Solly, P., & Dogramadzi, S. (2021). Safety assessment review of a dressing assistance robot. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8, Article 667316. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.667316
Journal Article Type | Article |
---|---|
Acceptance Date | May 20, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 14, 2021 |
Publication Date | Jun 14, 2021 |
Deposit Date | Jun 15, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 17, 2021 |
Journal | Frontiers in Robotics and AI |
Electronic ISSN | 2296-9144 |
Publisher | Frontiers Media |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 8 |
Article Number | 667316 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.667316 |
Keywords | Assistive Robotics |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7473185 |
Publisher URL | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2021.667316/full |
Files
Safety Assessment Review of a Dressing Assistance Robot
(1.4 Mb)
PDF
Licence
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher Licence URL
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
You might also like
Empowering future care workforces: scoping human capabilities to leverage assistive robotics
(2023)
Conference Proceeding
Robotics technology for pain treatment and management: A review
(2023)
Conference Proceeding
Downloadable Citations
About UWE Bristol Research Repository
Administrator e-mail: repository@uwe.ac.uk
This application uses the following open-source libraries:
SheetJS Community Edition
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
PDF.js
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
Font Awesome
SIL OFL 1.1 (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
CC BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Powered by Worktribe © 2024
Advanced Search