All Outputs (3)

Building safer robots: Safety driven control (2012)
Journal Article
Harper, C., Woodman, R., Winfield, A. F., Harper, C., & Fraser, M. (2012). Building safer robots: Safety driven control. International Journal of Robotics Research, 31(13), 1603-1626. https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364912459665

In recent years there has been a concerted effort to address many of the safety issues associated with physical human-robot interaction (pHRI). However, a number of challenges remain. For personal robots, and those intended to operate in unstructured... Read More about Building safer robots: Safety driven control.

Towards the development of international safety standards for human robot interaction (2010)
Journal Article
Harper, C., & Virk, G. (2010). Towards the development of international safety standards for human robot interaction. International Journal of Social Robotics, 2(3), 229-234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-010-0051-1

This paper is an overview of the work being performed by the ISO committee TC184/SC2 "Robots and Robotic Devices". SC2 is developing safety standards for robotic applications in personal and medical care, as well as revising existing industrial robot... Read More about Towards the development of international safety standards for human robot interaction.

A methodology for provably stable behaviour-based intelligent control (2006)
Journal Article
Harper, C. J., & Winfield, A. F. (2006). A methodology for provably stable behaviour-based intelligent control. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 54(1), 52-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2005.09.014

This paper presents a design methodology for a class of behaviour-based control systems, arguing its potential for application to safety critical systems. We propose a formal basis for subsumption architecture design based on two extensions to Lyapun... Read More about A methodology for provably stable behaviour-based intelligent control.