Safety-oriented flexible design of Autonomous Mobile Robot systems

Desai, Nitin; Punnekkat, Sasikumar

doi:10.1109/isse46696.2019.8984481

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“…Wheeled mechanisms are the most favorable for mobile robots indoors because of their mechanical simplicity and high efficiency [17][18][19]. Phollower was constructed as a 6-wheel robot (see Figure 1), with the two center wheels powered.…”

Section: Mechanical Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Phollower—The Universal Autonomous Mobile Robot for Industry and Civil Environments with COVID-19 Germicide Addon Meeting Safety Requirements

Bačík

Tkáč²,

Hric³

et al. 2020

Applied Sciences

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This paper describes the development of Phollower—an autonomous mobile robot intended to perform various logistical tasks in both industrial and civil environments. Phollower is equipped with the latest types of industrial components and sensors. It also employs advanced embedded navigation and localization software to create its own virtual maps and thereby to navigate autonomously within the mapped area. The whole development process has been focused on building a device that meets European safety standards. Phollower is a universal mobile platform that can be quickly expanded with specialized add-ons. A germicidal add-on for disinfection of indoor areas using UV-C light is described as a technology that helps to battle with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The hardware topology combined with the proposed open Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) code and open-Powerlink communication bus creates a unique and easily extendable robot platform.

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Section: Mechanical Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Phollower—The Universal Autonomous Mobile Robot for Industry and Civil Environments with COVID-19 Germicide Addon Meeting Safety Requirements

Bačík

Tkáč²,

Hric³

et al. 2020

Applied Sciences

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“…Typically a safety function (or task) is responsible for ensuring the said guarantees. Catastrophic consequences (such as loss of life, danger to the surrounding environment) can ensue in case of a failed execution of safety-critical tasks occur [62].…”

Section: E Dependability and Safetymentioning

confidence: 99%

Enabling Fog-based Industrial Robotics Systems

Shaik

Struhár

Bakhshi

et al. 2020

2020 25th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)

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Low latency and on demand resource availability enable fog computing to host industrial applications in a cloud like manner. One industrial domain which stands to benefit from the advantages of fog computing is robotics. However, the challenges in developing and implementing a fog-based robotic system are manifold. To illustrate this, in this paper we discuss a system involving robots and robot cells at a factory level, and then highlight the main building blocks necessary for achieving such functionality in a fog-based system. Further, we elaborate on the challenges in implementing such an architecture, with emphasis on resource virtualization, memory interference management, real-time communication and the system scalability, dependability and safety. We then discuss the challenges from a system perspective where all these aspects are interrelated.

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