Development of a Risk Assessment Simulator for Safe Robot Assistance

Abstract

With the advent of a super-aged society, the introduction of robot assistance in daily life and care settings has become urgent. However, selecting optimal assistance content for individual users and ensuring safety in actual operations remain significant challenges. This study develops a risk assessment simulator that proposes assistance tailored to individual needs for people requiring robot support, evaluating its appropriateness and safety in advance. Based on the concept of Cyber-Physical-Human Systems (CPHS), we adopt a multi-scopic approach that integrates users' cognitive states, physical environments, and human-robot interactions in a comprehensive model. Through co-evolutionary functionality that adaptively updates assistance strategies in response to changes in user conditions, we aim to construct safe and human-centered robot assistance systems, contributing to the realization of Society 5.0.