Robotic Safety Systems: An Applied Approach [Hardcover]

This text provides readers with the information needed to understand robotic safety. It includes information about standards and regulations, as well as details of how to effectively use hardware devices (such as light curtains, pressure pads, and new multi-channel lidar sensors), and software algorithms to apply motion control restrictions.

1- Robotic Safety: Myth, Reality and Historical Perspective

2- Accidents, Case Studies and the Need for Safety Systems

3- Existing Safety Standards for Industrial Robotic Systems

4- Physical Safeguards

5- Implementations on Popular Industrial Robots

6- Collaborative Robots

7- Safety Systems, Controls and Cyber-Physical Systems

8- Networked Systems & Internet-based Control

9- Mobile Platforms: AGVs and AMRs

10- Drones, UAVs, and Aerial Safety

11- Safety vs. Progress & Advancing Technology

12- The Future of Robotic Safety Systems

Appendix A: Risk Assessment Forms
Appendix B: Case Study: Automated Solar Panel Placement

Dr. Justin Starr currently serves as the Endowed Professor of Advanced Technology at the Community College of Allegheny County where he works to integrate advanced technology into the technical curriculum including, augmented reality, electron microscopy, computer vision, machine learning, collaborative robots, and other cutting-edge topics. He is a certified FANUC and Universal Robots instructor, and has experience integrating robots in a variety of production environments. Previously, Dr. Starr served as CTO of RedZone Robotics, a manufacturer of water and wastewater inspection robots, CEO of High Tide Technologies, a developer of end-to-end cloud SCADA systems, and worked as a fractil“Á