SAFETY ANALYSIS AND INTEGRATION FOR ROBOTIC SYSTEMS - APPLICATION TO A MEDICAL ROBOT FOR TELE-ECHOGRAPHY

Abstract

Today, as many new application areas for robotic systems emerge, safety is becoming critical. Indeed, service robots, including medical robots, share their working area or have a close interaction with humans. This paper presents a deductive method for safety analysis and integration. This method uses well-known analysis techniques for computer control systems and includes the use of a formal language (Unified Modeling Language) to combine safety analysis with the development process. Each step of the analysis will be presented with a case study of a robot for tele-echography.