Analyzing Human Robot Collaboration with the Help of 3D Cameras

First published in
IFIP advances in information and communication technology  
Volume
566
Start Page
642
End Page
649
Citation
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (566): 642-649 (2019)
Contribution to Conference
IFIP International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, APMS 2018  
Publisher DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-30000-5_78
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85072962936
Recent developments in robotics allow the design of work systems with enhanced human robot collaboration (HRC) for assembly tasks. Productivity improvements are a common aim for companies that look into the implementation of HRC. To harvest the full productivity potential of these work systems, an analysis of the HRC work processes is essential. However, a dedicated method for the analysis of productivity in HRC is missing. This paper presents an approach using 3D-cameras to observe the employee in HRC. The approach links this information to robot states. The resulting analysis aims at improving the productivity of the work system e.g. by identifying and reducing balancing losses in HRC. The method tracks the movements of the employees in the HRC area and matches the corresponding robot activities.
Subjects
3D cameras
Human robot collaboration
Productivity analysis