Injury Evaluation of Human-Robot Impacts

As robotic applications migrate to domestic environments, physical human-robot cooperation is a major concern. Of particular concern is the evaluation of injury risks a human is exposed to in case he is hit by a robot. In this video several blunt impact tests are shown, leading to an assessment of which factors dominate injury severity. The video illustrates the effect robot speed, robot mass, and constraints in the environment have on safety in human-robot impacts.