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This paper describes the main requirements and key issues that are related with the design of active protections for robotic arms. A literature overview is reported to give insight on the existing solutions and challenges. Then, a novel design concept is proposed and a 3D CAD design is reported and described in order to show the feasibility and practical usefulness of a novel active protection for robot arms that is expected to provide improvements also in the interaction between human beings and robots.
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Bianchi, A., Ceccarelli, M. (2017). Toward an Active Protection for Robot Arms. In: Rodić, A., Borangiu, T. (eds) Advances in Robot Design and Intelligent Control. RAAD 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 540. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49058-8_42
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