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Cognitive Work Protection—A New Approach for Occupational Safety in Human-Machine Interaction

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Previous occupational safety concepts in human-machine interaction scenarios are based on the principle of spatial separation, reduction of collision force or distance monitoring between humans and robots. Collaborative robot systems and semi-automated machines are working closely with people in more and more areas, both spatially and functionally. Therefor a new approach for occupational safety in close human-machine collaboration scenarios is presented. It relies on a real-time EEG measurement of human workers with brain computer interfaces and a subsequent adjustment of the robot system based on the detected cognitive states.

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  1. August-Wilhelm Scheer Institut, Saarbruecken, Germany

    Christian Neu, Christian Linn & Dirk Werth

  2. Deutsches Forschungszentrum Für Künstliche Intelligenz, Robotics Innovation Center, Bremen, Germany

    Elsa Andrea Kirchner, Su-Kyoung Kim & Marc Tabie

  3. Research Group Robotics, Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Elsa Andrea Kirchner

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Neu, C., Kirchner, E.A., Kim, SK., Tabie, M., Linn, C., Werth, D. (2019). Cognitive Work Protection—A New Approach for Occupational Safety in Human-Machine Interaction. In: Davis, F., Riedl, R., vom Brocke, J., Léger, PM., Randolph, A. (eds) Information Systems and Neuroscience. Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation, vol 29. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01087-4_26

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