Usability Study through a Human-Robot Collaborative Workspace Experience

The use of collaborative robots (cobots) in industrial and academic settings facilitates physical and cognitive interaction with operators. This framework is a challenge to determine how measures on concepts, such as usability, can be adapted to these new environments. Usability is a quality attribute prevalent in the field of human-computer interaction concerning the context of use and the measure of effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction of products and systems. In this work, the importance of the role of benchmarking usability with collaborative robots is discussed. The introduced approach is part of a general methodology for studying people and robots’ performance in collaboration. It is being designed and developed on a concrete experience into a human-robot collaborative workspace. Outcomes from the study include a list of steps, resources, recommendations, and some customized questionnaires to obtain cobot-oriented usability analysis and case study results.

Robot Speed Adaption in Multiple Trajectory Planning and Integration in a Simulation Tool for Human-Robot Interaction

Speed and separation monitoring (SSM) is one of the four permissible collaborative operations in human-robot interaction (HRI). At all times, it must be ensured that the speed-dependent separation distance is maintained. To guarantee this, the robot speed or the robot path can be adapted. In this paper, the robot speed adaption for multiple trajectories is implemented in an HRI simulation tool and tested in an application example. Thereby, numerous complex process situations, such as a temporary robot stop or obstacles in the collaborative workspace, can be simulated. The simulation tool enables a comprehensive simulation, analysis and optimisation of human and robot motions within the HRI, already in the planning phase.

A Proposed Ideal Network Design for Collaborative Workspace Businesses

Collaborative workspace businesses are now a trend in developing countries such as the Philippines. Coworking space is a business service provision model that lets individuals and teams work independently or collaboratively in a shared office space. In the Philippines, there is a big trend in starting a coworking space business. The millennial generation, which comprises the bulk of the metropolitan sector, is the main reason behind coworking space growth. Computer networking can contribute to the improvement of sales and customer retention and service of coworking space businesses. Implementing managed network services will reduce operational, maintenance, service, hardware, software, and infrastructure costs. Managed network services can enable the coworking space business to focus on its primary business goals In this paper, an ideal network design for collaborative workspace businesses was developed. The building floor layout is essential for the managed networks' design. It was determined that a two-story floor layout is ideal for the company and for implementing the proposed network design. Analysis of ideal network management was proposed in administration, operation, security, and maintenance. Detailed logical and physical network designs with ideal network equipment and technologies were created to improve the coworking space business's services by implementing managed networks.