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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.creator Tang, Gilbert
dc.creator Webb, Phil
dc.creator Thrower, John
dc.date 2018-10-30T16:48:34Z
dc.date 2018-10-30T16:48:34Z
dc.date 2018-09-12
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-25T16:39:27Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-25T16:39:27Z
dc.identifier Tang 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. 85-94
dc.identifier 0736-5845
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2018.08.005
dc.identifier http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13593
dc.identifier 21460762
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/182448
dc.description In 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.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Human–robot interaction
dc.subject Collaborative system
dc.subject Industrial ergonomics
dc.subject Automation
dc.title The development and evaluation of Robot Light Skin: A novel robot signalling system to improve communication in industrial human–robot collaboration
dc.type Article


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