Situation-aware safety assessment of robot-human activities

US12420422B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

• Fabian Oboril · Karlsruhe, DE
• Cornelius Buerkle · Karlsruhe, DE
• Frederik Pasch · Karlsruhe, DE
• Bernd Gassmann · Neuenbürg, DE
• Chien Chern Yew · Kampung Bukit Kechil, MY
• Tze Ming Hau · Seremban, MY
• Ying Wei Liew · Air Itam, MY
• Say Chuan Tan · Kampung Bukit Kechil, MY
• Wei Seng Yeap · Kampung Bukit Kechil, MY

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 17, 2021
• Grant date: Sep 23, 2025
• Expiry date: Jan 24, 2044

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/40202
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods of a safety system for analyzing and improving the safety of collaborative environments in which a robot may interact a human. The safety system may determine a monitored attribute of a person within an operating environment of a robot, where the monitored attribute may be based on received sensor information about the person in the operating environment. In addition, the safety system may determine a risk score for the person based on the monitored attribute. The risk score may be defined by (1) a collision probability that the person will cause an interference during a planned operation of the robot and (2) a severity level associated with the interference. The safety system may also generate a mitigating instruction for the robot if the risk score exceeds a threshold level.