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Safety and reliability assessment techniques in robotics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 1997

B.S. Dhillon
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
A.R.M. Fashandi
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada

Abstract

A robot has to be safe and reliable. An unreliable robot may become the cause of unsafe conditions, high maintenance costs, inconvenience, etc.

Over the years, in general safety and reliability areas various assessment methods have been developed, e.g. failure mode and effects analysis, fault tree analysis, and Markovian analysis. In view of these, this paper presents an overview of the most suitable robot safety and reliability assessment techniques.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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