The development and evaluation of Robot Light Skin: A novel robot signalling system to improve communication in industrial human–robot collaboration

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dc.contributor.authorTang, Gilbert
dc.contributor.authorWebb, Phil
dc.contributor.authorThrower, John
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-30T16:48:34Z
dc.date.available2018-10-30T16:48:34Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-12
dc.description.abstractIn a human–robot collaborative production system, the robot could make request for interaction or notify the human operator if an uncertainty arises. Conventional industrial tower lights were designed for generic machine signalling purposes which may not be the ultimate solution for robot signalling in a collaborative setting. In this type of system, human operators could be monitoring multiple robots while carrying out a manual task so it is important to minimise the diversion of their attention. This paper presents a novel robot signalling solution, the Robot Light Skin (RLS),which is an integrated signalling system that could be used on most articulated robots. Our experiment was conducted to validate this concept in terms of its effect on improving operator's reaction time, hit-rate, awareness and task performance. The results showed that participants reacted faster to the RLS as well as achieved higher hit-rate. An eye tracker was used in the experiment which shows a reduction in diversion away from the manual task when using the RLS. Future study should explore the effect of the RLS concept on large-scale systems and multi-robot systems.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationTang G, Webb P, Thrower J. (2019) The development and evaluation of Robot Light Skin: A novel robot signalling system to improve communication in industrial human–robot collaboration. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Volume 56, April 2019, pp. 85-94en_UK
dc.identifier.cris21460762
dc.identifier.issn0736-5845
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2018.08.005
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13593
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectHuman–robot interactionen_UK
dc.subjectCollaborative systemen_UK
dc.subjectIndustrial ergonomicsen_UK
dc.subjectAutomationen_UK
dc.titleThe development and evaluation of Robot Light Skin: A novel robot signalling system to improve communication in industrial human–robot collaborationen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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