Human-robot collaboration with the LBR iiwa
In the “Speed & Sensitivity” application shown at CIROS, the LBR iiwa robot is partially installed in a protected space – quite deliberately, in order to demonstrate a work situation combining an enclosed zone with an adjacent open zone of human-robot collaboration (HRC).
In the protected zone, the robot moves at high speed with a component in order to perform its task. High speeds always mean a risk of potential injury, which is why this area has been secured by means of a light curtain. When the robot switches to safe human-robot collaboration mode, it can move through the light curtain into the shared human-robot workspace. Here it uses its sensitive touch to assemble part of an automatic transmission and moves more slowly.
In the protected zone, the robot moves at high speed with a component in order to perform its task. High speeds always mean a risk of potential injury, which is why this area has been secured by means of a light curtain. When the robot switches to safe human-robot collaboration mode, it can move through the light curtain into the shared human-robot workspace. Here it uses its sensitive touch to assemble part of an automatic transmission and moves more slowly.
