• DocumentCode
    339238
  • Title

    General evaluation method of safety for human-care robots

  • Author

    Ikuta, Koji ; Nokata, Makoto

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng., Nagoya Univ., Japan
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    2065
  • Abstract
    This paper proposes the world´s first general evaluation method of safety for human-care and medical robots. The safety values chosen are impact force and impact stress. The danger index and safety index are defined to make quantitative evaluation of the effectiveness of each safety strategy. Moreover, this proposed method enables us to know the contribution of each safety strategy to the overall safety performance of human-care robots. As a result, design optimization of safe robots is discussed successfully
  • Keywords
    medical robotics; patient care; safety; danger index; design optimization; human-care robots; impact force; impact stress; medical robots; safety evaluation method; safety index; Actuators; Aging; Biomedical engineering; Electric shock; Hemorrhaging; Humans; Injuries; Orbital robotics; Safety; Service robots;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Robotics and Automation, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Detroit, MI
  • ISSN
    1050-4729
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5180-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ROBOT.1999.770411
  • Filename
    770411