Collaborative Robotics. Safety and Ethical Considerations

Abstract

AbstractEvery year, collaborative robots get closer to humans and cooperation with them takes place not only in industrial spaces, where specialized employees work with them, but also people who do not have knowledge in the field of engineering and robotics. Therefore, great attention is paid to safety in the cooperation of robots and humans. In addition, the aspect of ethics and their ethical behavior towards a human co-worker, companion or petitioner is more and more often taken into account. Knowledge of potential safety hazards is important to secure safety early in robots’ design and development process. Therefore security is one of main issues raised in the article. The most important safety standards from the point of view of collaborative robotics are presented. In the article described example of cobots acting increasingly role as members of our society. Access to them is becoming more and more common - they are household members, waiters or airport staff. Presented in the paper issue of ethics in reference to robots and AI are becoming increasingly significant impact on human. It deals with topics of physical and ethical safety in cooperation between humans and robots. Reference has been made to the safety standards. Due to proximity of technology in humans lives, access to them, and even dependence on them, that issue was particularly emphasized by the author. The paper is source of references to considerations of human safety in robotized environments and ethics in robotics applications.