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tintin | 13 years ago

Here some action: http://www.botndolly.com/media#/medium/15

I think it's very scary standing next to a moving robot that close. It doesn't stop when you get in the way. Hope someone is holding a emergency stop button.

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dsr_|13 years ago

If you've got the right sensors, any unexpected resistance could be used as a trigger to stop motion faster than any human could do it.

The SawStop system does it with electrical conductivity, but feedback from servos will do as well.

tintin|13 years ago

I don't think the feedback of the servos will detect a human body part. These servos are very very strong. Maybe when it hit the concrete it will skip a step noticeable in the feedback but that's about it.

Qworg|13 years ago

This still imparts quite a bit of force to someone, potentially killing them.

wojtczyk|13 years ago

This is a 1 ton robotic arm. It won't notice a bit when it hits somebody

excuse-me|13 years ago

They have envelope protection, in software, so if you tell the controls the size and shape of the camera and the surrounding objects they wont drive the camera through the floor whatever path you program in.

But they don't have proximity sensors - like the saw capacitance sensor. It just doesn't work in the real world with large objects and longer distances.

You have to rely on the actors staying on their marks if you want to do a very close approach.

wojtczyk|13 years ago

Yes, this thing looks dangerous. I cannot identify any security measurements except that guy in the background who probably has an emergency stop button.