Author:
Ioannis Iossifidis
Affiliation:
Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Keyword(s):
Haptic Interface, Artificial Skin, Direct Physical Interaction, Safe Collaboration.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Applications and Services
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Computer Vision, Visualization and Computer Graphics
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Embedded Communications Systems
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Embedded Robotics
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Enterprise Information Systems
;
Human and Computer Interaction
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Human-Computer Interaction
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Telecommunications
Abstract:
In the context of the increasing number of collaborative workplaces in industrial environments, where humans
and robots sharing the same workplace, safety and intuitive interaction is a prerequisite. This means, that the
robot can (1) have contact with his own body and the surrounding objects, (2) the motion of the robot can be
corrected online by the human user just by touching his artificial skin or (3) interrupt the action in dangerous
situations. In the current work we introduce a haptic interface (artificial skin) which is utilized to cover the
arms of an anthropomorphic robotic assistant. The touched induced input of the artificial skin is interpreted
and fed into the motor control algorithm to generate the desired motion and to avoid harm for human and
machine.