DocumentCode
1865712
Title
An approach to designing software safety systems for rehabilitation robots
Author
Roderick, Stephen N. ; Carignan, Craig R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Aerosp. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
fYear
2005
fDate
28 June-1 July 2005
Firstpage
252
Lastpage
257
Abstract
This paper presents a system-level approach to the design of a safety-critical robotic system that is sufficiently safe to satisfy human-subject safety criteria. This system design approach utilizes preliminary hazard analysis, and fault tree analysis, and was successfully applied to a dexterous space robot designed to fly on NASA´s space shuttle. An application of this approach to a shoulder rehabilitation exoskeleton would be presented and shown to improve the safety of the overall system.
Keywords
fault trees; hazards; medical computing; medical robotics; patient rehabilitation; prosthetics; safety systems; systems analysis; fault tree analysis; preliminary hazard analysis; rehabilitation robots; safety-critical robotic system; shoulder rehabilitation exoskeleton; software safety system; Accidents; Hazards; Rehabilitation robotics; Service robots; Software design; Software safety; Space shuttles; System analysis and design; US Department of Transportation; Virtual reality;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Rehabilitation Robotics, 2005. ICORR 2005. 9th International Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9003-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICORR.2005.1501096
Filename
1501096
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