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Virtual protective barriers could increase safety around industrial robots

By Damir Beciri
9 July 2011

fraunhofer-iff-safetyAutomated helpers in industry today are usually enclosed by protective barriers. Industrial safety regulations permit contact between people and robots only under certain conditions, since the risk of injury to humans is too great. In order to allow safer collaboration, researchers at Fraunhofer-Gesellschaf are developing a projection and camera-based system able to prevent potential collisions… »