主催: 一般社団法人 日本機械学会
会議名: ロボティクス・メカトロニクス 講演会2022
開催日: 2022/06/01 - 2022/06/04
Recently, the demand for remote-controlled robots is increasing due to Covid-19, etc. In remote-controlled robots, safety is very important. We have developed a velocity-based mechanical safety brake. In this paper, we introduce a remote-controlled robot system with the safety brake by using only eye movements. Since the robot is controlled by eye movements, many people such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients can use this robot system. If the safety brake detects an unexpected driveshaft’s angular velocity, it switches all of the robot’s motors off, and then stop the driveshaft by gradually reducing the driveshaft’s velocity. The safety brake is composed of only passive mechanical components such as springs. First, we describe the remote-controlled robot system. Second, we explain the safety brake. Finally, we present experimental results to verify the effectiveness of the safety brake in the remote-controlled robot system.