Certifiable Software Architecture for Human Robot Collaboration in Industrial Production Environments

Abstract

Existing concepts for Human-Machine-Collaboration in industrial production require either the temporal or spacial separation of work places or are only applicable for small loads. By introducing a concept for the combination of work places of humans and machines we show how the temporal and spatial overlapping form of collaboration can be realized. The concept was implemented in a prototype setting by means of an intelligent software environment dynamically evaluating all available sensor data of commonly employed safety components. The required precision for certifying the safety of the core software system is shown empirically.