TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluation of human safety in the DLR Robotic Motion Simulator using a crash test dummy
AU - Sharma, Karan
AU - Haddadin, Sami
AU - Minning, Sebastian
AU - Heindl, Johann
AU - Bellmann, Tobias
AU - Parusel, Sven
AU - Rokahr, Tim
AU - Albu-Schaeffer, Alin
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The DLR Robot Motion Simulator is a serial kinematics based platform that employs an industrial robot (as opposed to the conventional 'Hexapod') to impart motion cues to the attached simulator cell. This simulation platform is the culmination of ongoing research on motion simulation at the Robotics and Mechatronics Center, German Aerospace Center (DLR). Safety tests were undertaken to ascertain the effects of critical motions and subsequent emergency stop procedures on the prospective human passengers of the simulator cell. To this end, an Anthropomorphic Test Device (ATD) aka 'crash test dummy' was used as a human surrogate for these tests. Several severity indices were evaluated for the head-neck region, which was found to be more susceptible to injuries compared to the rest of the body. The results of this study are discussed in this paper.
AB - The DLR Robot Motion Simulator is a serial kinematics based platform that employs an industrial robot (as opposed to the conventional 'Hexapod') to impart motion cues to the attached simulator cell. This simulation platform is the culmination of ongoing research on motion simulation at the Robotics and Mechatronics Center, German Aerospace Center (DLR). Safety tests were undertaken to ascertain the effects of critical motions and subsequent emergency stop procedures on the prospective human passengers of the simulator cell. To this end, an Anthropomorphic Test Device (ATD) aka 'crash test dummy' was used as a human surrogate for these tests. Several severity indices were evaluated for the head-neck region, which was found to be more susceptible to injuries compared to the rest of the body. The results of this study are discussed in this paper.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630577
DO - 10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630577
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84887296845
SN - 9781467356411
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
SP - 205
EP - 212
BT - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2013
T2 - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2013
Y2 - 6 May 2013 through 10 May 2013
ER -