Safe Navigation and Experimental Evaluation of a Novel Tire Workshop Assistant Robot

Alessio Levratti1, Giuseppe Riggio1, Antonio De Vuono2, Cesare Fantuzzi3, Cristian Secchi1

  • 1University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
  • 2CORGHI S.p.a.
  • 3Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia

Details

11:30 - 11:35 | Tue 30 May | Room 4613/4713 | TUB8.1

Session: Human-Robot Interaction 1

Abstract

This paper presents TIREBOT, a novel tire-workshop robotic co-worker that can safely move in a tire workshop and assist the operator in lifting and transporting wheels among several working stations. A safe and cooperative navigation strategy based on the concept of danger field is illustrated. Finally, TIREBOT is experimentally evaluated in a real tire-workshop and used by real operator in order to assess the usability and the effectiveness of the robot in a real operating scenario.