Enhancing Safety in Collaborative Workspaces: Defining Attention and Avoidance Zones Using Path Planning with Mobile Robotic Systems

Details

• Personal Author:
  Camargo HE ; Cheng MH ; Haney JM
• Description:
  Ensuring the safety of human workers who work alongside mobile robots is extremely important. This study defines and delineates attention zones and avoidance zones for human workers to include both visual and audible aspects. Attention zones aims to keep workers aware of potential hazards. Specifically, visual attention zones focus on field of view and audible attention zones consider noise levels in the workspace. By establishing these zones, mobile robots can generate warning signals as human workers approach to minimize the risk of collisions. After determining optimal attention zones, researchers identify path planning strategies that can be adjusted based on visual and audible warnings to avoid potential accidents. The proposed attention zone-based warning system and the contact avoidance zone represent a critical advancement in enhancing worker safety in collaborative workspaces to promote a safer workspace. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Automation Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Robotics Safety Engineering Visual Fields Warning Signals
• ISBN:
  9780791888698
• Publisher:
  The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Philadelphia Region [OSHA] ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070522
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the ASME 2024 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2024), November 17-21, 2024, Portland, Oregon. Volume 11: Safety Engineering, Risk and Reliability Analysis; Research Posters. New York: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, paper no. V011T14A011, 2024 Nov; 8:V011T14A011
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the ASME 2024 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2024), November 17-21, 2024, Portland, Oregon
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7c33a26fff403ee63f0df9fda1db2ac834c04587609b698adf7f8d740d069c2e54d6f7568a25d3d58e5d95ae3137084c362db1da1cb70ad33bb8fed6a9d85db4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208717/cdc_208717_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.77 MB ]