抄録
In automobile assembly process, there are still a lot of processes which need to be controlled and carried out by human beings. In these processes, we considered how to be more effective in performing the assistance to workers by partner robot rather than to complete the whole work by only robots. In this paper, we propose a partner robot that operates in the same workspace as a co-worker in the bumper assembly line. The Robot co-worker for bumper assembly line named B-PaDY hands over a bumper to a worker at the proper timing. B-PaDY is an approach to improve the work efficiency by carrying bumper to a worker. In particular, prototype design and its concepts are described in detail in this paper.
