A design of Human and overhead Robot Interaction (HoRI) framework for cooperative robotic applications in copper industry

Abstract

This paper deals with a Human overhead Robot Interaction (HoRI) framework which is focused on enabling the interaction of human and robots in shared workspaces involving both fixed and overhead robotic structures. Scope of this study is to design a safe human robot interaction framework in the shopfloor aiming to minimize ergonomics issues and to increase the overall productivity. Vision and safety sensors are utilized to ensure the efficient and safe interaction among the operators and robots. Scope of the paper is the presentation of a conceptual implementation of the proposed framework in copper industry.