Abstract
Mechatronics is an applied interdisciplinary science that aims to integrate mechanical elements, electronics and parts of biological organisms. Mechatronics’ end goal is to design useful products. When those products are focused in human welling, helping them or by restoring lost capabilities, any mechatronics solution should consider at the beginning of the design process that all the mechanics, control and electronics must work cooperatively with and for human. Several challenges related to control issues and the role of human and machine in the control loop could be better achieved if human centered mechanical design approaches are assumed. From a mechanical point of view the development of robots that could operate in close interaction with human is a big challenge. Soft human–robot interaction is the branch that covers those topics. To analyze this fact, in this chapter, a general classification of the different types of robotic systems that currently could be found as well as actuators commonly used. The safety of the robotic assistant, working in close cooperation with humans, is currently a topic of interest in the robotics community. There are many ways to design and conduct intrinsically safe systems, from those that use complex sensory systems to monitor the user within the working environment to avoid contact, even the most sophisticated seeking to minimize the inertia of its moving parts (links) in order to reduce damage in case of accidental collision. Safety mechanisms will be reviewed based on variable stiffness actuators, novel designs of all-gear-motor shaft, etc. The study will include risk assessment and safety for the user. Risk and safety standards will be reviewed. Taking into account undesired collision, two types of safety strategies are reported: pre-contact and post-contact strategies. The first minimize the possible effect of the accident before it occurs. The latter should minimize the consequences of that accident. Those new advances in the design techniques are being applied for ultra-light weight robotics arms and also prosthesis combined with new solutions in kinematic synthesis, materials, geometry and shape of mechanical components, actuators technologies and new thermal and FEM analysis techniques to validate them.
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Jardón Huete, A., Martinez de la Casa, S. (2011). Human Centered Mechatronics. In: Nava Rodríguez, N. (eds) Advanced Mechanics in Robotic Systems. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-588-0_5
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