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Sensors and collaborative robot safety

Research discusses sensing for safe collaboration and how performance should be characterized. It helps connect a sensor specification to measured safety evidence.

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Original title
Sensors for Safe, Collaborative Robots in Smart Manufacturing
Publisher
NIST
Publication date
2017-11-30
Source language
en
Source country
US
Edition
2017 research publication
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Source overview

Research discusses sensing for safe collaboration and how performance should be characterized. It helps connect a sensor specification to measured safety evidence.

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Sensors for Safe, Collaborative Robots in Smart Manufacturing ↗

NIST · 2017 research publication

Abstract: sensor performance and characterization