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http://dx.doi.org/10.7746/jkros.2019.14.4.333

Development of Risk Assessment Method for Cobot Workplace and Regulation Response  

Jun, Jinwoo (KIRIA)
Ryu, Joel (KIRIA)
Kim, Kunok (JNTP)
Kim, Hoichoon (VRstory)
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The Journal of Korea Robotics Society / v.14, no.4, 2019 , pp. 333-339 More about this Journal
Abstract
Cobots are industrial robots with greatly enhanced safety functions that enable them to work in the same space with workers without protector. Cobots are regulated by the Industrial Safety and Health Act and must be certified according to the manufacturing stage, installation stage and usage stage. The ISO 10218-2 standard applied in the installation phase is difficult to apply in the field. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a risk assessment method based on ISO 12100 standard. This paper proposes a new methodology that combines 'JSA' and 'What-if', which reflects the human error and the lack of known risk factors. Accordingly, a new risk assessment template was proposed and the effectiveness of the developed new template was examined. The current cobot safety regulations need to be unified with safety inspections scheme, and robot safety experts and infrastructures need to be expanded and Robot safety regulations should be unified to 'Robot Act'. Based on this research, risk assessment methods suitable for the field need to be developed additionally, and robot safety regulation needs to be transformed to promote the industry.
Keywords
Cobot Workspace; Risk Assessment; Cobot Safety;
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