Application, Development and Future Opportunities of Collaborative Robots (Cobots) in Manufacturing: A Literature Review

Liu, Li; Guo, Fu; Zou, Zishuai; Duffy, Vincent G.

doi:10.1080/10447318.2022.2041907

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“…But if we really take seriously the possibility of a harmonious relationship between humans and machines, we need to consider human work in all its social, historical, ergonomics, sensory and emotional dimensions. This claims both for: (1) the development of design criteria implications regarding the way of conceptualizing human–machine collaboration with more thickness, in particular with the need to develop Collaborative Enabling Work Situation design criteria as proposed by Compan et al 2022 and Compan 2022 ; (2) the exploration of technological locks regarding interaction, in particular recognition of intention and construction of awareness—and fast programming and adaptative algorithm (Cherubini et al 2019 ; Barcellini 2020 ; Knudsen and Kaivo-Oja 2020 ; Liu et al 2022 ).…”

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“…Cheon et al 2022 ; Pacaux-Lemoine et al 2021 ; Kadir and Broberg 2021 ) embedding several promises and “frontiers issues” (e.g. Knudsen and Kaivo-Oja 2020 ; Saraceno 2020 ; Liu et al 2022 ). Indeed, collaborative robotics proposes both to produce technologies and to imagine and make effective a particular relationship between robots, humans, work environment and work, as well as between humans.…”

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Promises of industry 4.0 under the magnifying glass of interdisciplinarity: revealing operators and managers work and challenging collaborative robot design

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The goal of this article is to propose a cross-perspective around Collaborative Robotics—seen as a remarkable example of technologies 4.0 in an industrial context—by calling on sociology, activity-centred ergonomics, engineering, and robotics expertises. The development of this cross-perspective is thought to be a key issue to improve the design of work organisation for the Industry 4.0. After a socio-historical review of promises of Collaborative Robotics, the interdisciplinary approach developed and applied in a French Small & Medium Enterprise (SME) is presented. In this case study, two work situations are focused on in an interdisciplinary perspective: on the one hand, the one of operators whose professional gestures are intended to be supported by collaborative robots, and on the other the one of managers and executives as responsible for socio-technical changes. Our results reveal the technical and socio-organisational challenges faced by SMEs beyond the introduction of given technologies: analysing the relevance and feasibility of cobotisation projects with regard to the complexity of professional gestures and preserving the quality of work and performance under a continuous pressure to change (organisations, technologies). These findings support discussions of promises of collaborative robotics, and more generally Industry 4.0, regarding effective worker/technology collaboration and the possibility of “healthy” and performant work; they reiterate requirements for work-centred and participatory design, for reconnection in a sensory experience in a more and more digitalized work and open ways for more interdisciplinary approaches.

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Promises of industry 4.0 under the magnifying glass of interdisciplinarity: revealing operators and managers work and challenging collaborative robot design

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“…Industrial robots have been a key element of Industry 3.0 and mass production. Their ability to execute repeated tasks with high precision while offering more flexibility than other machinery, like CNC machines, enable time and cost-efficient manufacturing (Liu et al, 2022). As an incomplete machine, robots require specific end-effectors to execute specific applications and tasks (Weber, 2017).…”

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A matrix-based approach to step-wise assess the safety of collaborative robots in manufacturing

Guertler,

Bauer,

Burden

2024

Proc. Des. Soc.

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Collaborative robots (cobots) allow for flexible manufacturing, supporting more customised product designs. Although safety is key for socio-technical human-cobot workplaces, existing safety assessment support like standards and guidelines require extensive experience and can be experienced as overwhelming. To make cobot risk assessments more accessible, especially for novices, and increase traceability from hazard to risk to mitigation, this paper presents a matrix-based approach that decomposes this daunting activity into smaller better manageable steps.

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“…As it is designed in the same volume as the target RFPM motor, the target is 28 mm for the height of the stator teeth and 40% for the fill factor. The design problem of the DRAFPM motor is defined as shown in Equation (3).…”

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“…It will grow at an average annual rate of 32% by 2025. It is projected to grow to $17.2 billion by 2025 [1][2][3][4][5].…”

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A Study on Optimal Design Process of Dual Rotor Axial-Flux Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors

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The core design elements of the motor for the co-robot joint are miniaturization and high torque. In this paper, a dual rotor axial-flux permanent magnet (DRAFPM) motor is proposed to improve the performance of robot joints. DRAFPM motors have the advantage of reducing iron loss and minimizing volume because they can remove stator yoke. When designing a motor with the same volume, it can be designed to increase the height of the fixed ruler by the thickness of the yoke of the fixed ruler and increase the number of turns. In the case of existing axial-flux permanent magnet (AFPM) motors, the shape of the three-dimensional structure is limited by radial laminating of stator. Therefore, considering the production of 3D printing, the shape of stator shoe is designed. The optimal design problem of DRAFPM motor consists of real and integer design variables. In addition, due to the structural characteristics of DRAFPM motors, 3D finite element analysis (FEA) is required, so it takes a long time to interpret. Therefore, this paper proposes an efficient optimal design process to optimize the remaining real design variables after prioritizing the integer design variables. The proposed optimization process is applied to the DRAFPM motor for robot joints, and the optimal design plan satisfying the design function is derived from various design variables to prove the validity of the optimization process.

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Application, Development and Future Opportunities of Collaborative Robots (Cobots) in Manufacturing: A Literature Review

Cited by 46 publications

References 84 publications

Promises of industry 4.0 under the magnifying glass of interdisciplinarity: revealing operators and managers work and challenging collaborative robot design

Promises of industry 4.0 under the magnifying glass of interdisciplinarity: revealing operators and managers work and challenging collaborative robot design

A matrix-based approach to step-wise assess the safety of collaborative robots in manufacturing

A Study on Optimal Design Process of Dual Rotor Axial-Flux Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors

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