Novel Interactive Human-Robot Systems

Authors:	Surdilovic Dragoljub, Frauenhofer IPK Berlin, Germany Bernhardt Rolf, Frauenhofer IPK Berlin, Germany
Topic:	4.3 Robotics
Session:	Collaborating Robotic Systems (Human – Robot, Robot – Robot)
Keywords:	robot control, rehabilitation, manipulators, cobots, human-machine systems

Abstract

This paper is an intoductory text for the IFAC Congress Panel Session on "Collaborating Robotic Systems".The paper introduces several novel interactive human-robot systems which were recently developed at IPK. These systems were designed for direct physical interaction between humans and robots. The principal structures and functions of the following robotic systems are briefly presented: ROBOPED, an advanced parallel robot for orthopedic diagnostics and rehabilitation, STRING-MAN, a wire robot for gait rehabilitation, and IPK’s Kobot, a collaborative manipulator for advanced material handling and assembly.