Using Physics-Based Digital Twins and Extended Reality for the Safety and Ergonomics Evaluation of Cobotic Workstations
Cobotic workstations in industrial plants involve a new kind of collaborative robots that can interact with operators. These cobots enable more flexibility and they can reduce the cycle time and the floor space of the workstation. However, cobots also introduce new safety concerns with regard to ope...
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| author | Vincent Weistroffer François Keith Arnaud Bisiaux Claude Andriot Antoine Lasnier |
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| description | Cobotic workstations in industrial plants involve a new kind of collaborative robots that can interact with operators. These cobots enable more flexibility and they can reduce the cycle time and the floor space of the workstation. However, cobots also introduce new safety concerns with regard to operators, and they may have an impact on the workstation ergonomics. For those reasons, introducing cobots in a workstation always require additional studies on safety and ergonomics before being applied and certified. Certification rules are often complex to understand. We present the SEEROB framework for the Safety and Ergonomics Evaluation of ROBotic workstations. The SEEROB framework simulates a physics-based digital twin of the cobotic workstation and computes a large panel of criteria used for safety and ergonomics. These criteria may be processed for the certification of the workstation. The SEEROB framework also uses extended reality technologies to display the digital twin and its associated data: users can use virtual reality headsets for the design of non-existing workstations, and mixed reality devices to better understand safety and ergonomics constraints on existing workstations. The SEEROB framework was tested on various laboratory and industrial use cases, involving different kinds of robots. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-418ab230fe5148b3964a7c081909773d2022-12-21T17:26:44ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Virtual Reality2673-41922022-02-01310.3389/frvir.2022.781830781830Using Physics-Based Digital Twins and Extended Reality for the Safety and Ergonomics Evaluation of Cobotic WorkstationsVincent Weistroffer 0François Keith 1Arnaud Bisiaux 2Claude Andriot 3Antoine Lasnier 4Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, List, Palaiseau, FranceUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, List, Palaiseau, FranceUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, List, Palaiseau, FranceUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, List, Palaiseau, FranceLight & Shadows, Suresnes, FranceCobotic workstations in industrial plants involve a new kind of collaborative robots that can interact with operators. These cobots enable more flexibility and they can reduce the cycle time and the floor space of the workstation. However, cobots also introduce new safety concerns with regard to operators, and they may have an impact on the workstation ergonomics. For those reasons, introducing cobots in a workstation always require additional studies on safety and ergonomics before being applied and certified. Certification rules are often complex to understand. We present the SEEROB framework for the Safety and Ergonomics Evaluation of ROBotic workstations. The SEEROB framework simulates a physics-based digital twin of the cobotic workstation and computes a large panel of criteria used for safety and ergonomics. These criteria may be processed for the certification of the workstation. The SEEROB framework also uses extended reality technologies to display the digital twin and its associated data: users can use virtual reality headsets for the design of non-existing workstations, and mixed reality devices to better understand safety and ergonomics constraints on existing workstations. The SEEROB framework was tested on various laboratory and industrial use cases, involving different kinds of robots.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2022.781830/fulldigital twincoboticssafetyergonomicsvirtual realitymixed reality |
| spellingShingle | Vincent Weistroffer François Keith Arnaud Bisiaux Claude Andriot Antoine Lasnier Using Physics-Based Digital Twins and Extended Reality for the Safety and Ergonomics Evaluation of Cobotic Workstations Frontiers in Virtual Reality digital twin cobotics safety ergonomics virtual reality mixed reality |
| title | Using Physics-Based Digital Twins and Extended Reality for the Safety and Ergonomics Evaluation of Cobotic Workstations |
| title_full | Using Physics-Based Digital Twins and Extended Reality for the Safety and Ergonomics Evaluation of Cobotic Workstations |
| title_fullStr | Using Physics-Based Digital Twins and Extended Reality for the Safety and Ergonomics Evaluation of Cobotic Workstations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using Physics-Based Digital Twins and Extended Reality for the Safety and Ergonomics Evaluation of Cobotic Workstations |
| title_short | Using Physics-Based Digital Twins and Extended Reality for the Safety and Ergonomics Evaluation of Cobotic Workstations |
| title_sort | using physics based digital twins and extended reality for the safety and ergonomics evaluation of cobotic workstations |
| topic | digital twin cobotics safety ergonomics virtual reality mixed reality |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2022.781830/full |
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