Comparative Analysis of the Characteristics of Mobile Robots and Collaboration Robots Within INDUSTRY 5.0.

Abstract

Collaborative robots are robots that can work side by side with human operators. According to the ISO 10218-2 standard, a “cobot” is “a robot designed to interact directly with a human within a defined collaborative workspace”. Cobot applications have proven that it is important to define the boundaries of the collaborative workspace, which is the designated space for humanrobot interaction (HRI). At this point in time in industry, the human operator and cobot coexist in the same place, but perform separate or sequential operations. Cobots are designed to stop before any inadvertent human contact on command can cause harm. In addition, cobots should be light in order to reduce their inertia and enable sudden stops.