Challenges in Developing a Collaborative Robotic Assistant for Automotive Assembly Lines

Title

Challenges in Developing a Collaborative Robotic Assistant for Automotive Assembly Lines

Publication Type

Year of Publication
2015

Authors

Vaibhav V. Unhelkar
Julie A. Shah
Conference Name
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI)
Pagination
239-240
Date Published
03/2015
Abstract

Industrial robots are on the verge of emerging from their cages, and entering the final assembly to work along side humans. Towards this we are developing a collaborative robot capable of assisting humans in the final automotive assembly. Several algorithmic as well as design challenges exist when the robots enter the unpredictable, human-centric and time-critical environment of final assembly. In this work, we briefly discuss a few of these challenges along with developed solutions and proposed methodologies, and their implications for improving human-robot collaboration.

Refereed Designation
Refereed