Assessing the probability of human injury during UV-C treatment of crops by robots

Abstract

This paper describes a hazard analysis for an agricultural scenario where a crop is treated by a robot using UV-C light. Although human-robot interactions are not expected, it may be the case that unauthorized people approach the robot while it is operating. These potential human-robot interactions have been identified and modeled as Markov Decision Processes (MDP) and tested in the model checking tool PRISM.