Some Approaches for Safety in the “human-robot” Interaction

The robots sharing space and surrounding environment with human being are called friendly with man robots. They must posses compliance, to emanate safety and security, to be shock protected. In the work presented in this paper basic mechanical characteristics are pointed out determining the safety in the “human-robot” interaction and some approaches for their modulation. A special attention is paid to the passive approaches, which are more suitable for the securing safety in the “human-robot” interaction. Some algorithms are shown for modulation of inertia, damping and stiffness in the passive variant. The disadvantages of this approach are pointed out and some alternative solutions are developed.