COLLABORATIVE ROBOTICS: CASE STUDY, OPPORTUNITY AND CHALLENGES

Adriana SAVESCU, Jonathan SAVIN, Gabin PERSONENI, Bruno DAILLE-LEFEVRE

Abstract


The technological advances emerging with Industry 5.0 and the difficulties of maintaining flexibility and competitiveness are pushing companies towards new work scenarios that involve the use of collaborative robots. However, such developments are throwing up new challenges in terms of occupational health/safety. the purpose of this paper is to present real case feedback and associated challenges related with collaborative robots as well as different tools and methods to face it. The presented results show that cobots are still at the “test level” and their design must overtake the internal contradiction in the human (variability)-robot (invariant) system. Different tools and methods are proposed such as VR or usage method. The new challenges need to be undertaken by considering new knowledge and preventive measures. This is vital for employee health and overall business success.

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