In the past, Industrial robots typically operated in caged spaces separate from humans to ensure safety
Technological advances enabled the development of smaller robots with better, cheaper sensors and better safety measures
Collaborative robots (co-bots): a class of robots designed to interact in proximity (or direct contact) with humans
Automating specific subtasks of complex processes
High precision and repeatability
Smaller payloads
Higher safety
Project Goals
Investigate ways to create an environment where humans and robots can seamlessly and safely collaborate on complex tasks in special conditions such as limited visibility, divided attention, and remote collaboration
Explore different tools for robot-to-human intent communication and signaling
Streamline the underlying logical definition of robots to enable on-the-fly reconfiguration