Safety Issues of Assistive Robots

The IEEE-Robotics & Automation Society (RAS) Jt. Washington D.C. and Northern Virginia Chapter cordially invite you to attend a Distinguish Lecture (DL) seminar “Safety Issues of Assistive Robots”. Assistive robots have the following safety issues. – Many of the potential users of the robots, including elderly and handicapped people, are not trained to operate the robots. – There are people who do not operate the assistive robots by themselves but accept the effects and risks from the robots. – Safety of the assistive robots cannot be established by isolating the robots from the users. – An emergency stop may not ensure safety. For example, when a robotic walking assistant device suddenly stops by using the emergency stop, the user may fall down. Therefore, assistive robots must be designed with safety in mind. I will introduce studies related to safety of the assistive robots including development of a risk assessment assistance tool for the manufacturers of the assistive robots, development of test dummies for durability test of exoskeleton-typed physical assistant robots. Attendees are eligible to receive an IEEE Certificate of Continuing Education Units /Professional Development Hours (CEU/PDH) by attending the full duration of the presentation, completing, and submitting forms at the close of the program. [] Speaker(s): Keiko Homma Agenda: 18:45 – 19:00 Welcome remarks, RAS Chapter Chair 19:00 – 19:45 DL Speaker, Dr. Keiko Homma “Safety Issues of Assistive Robots” 19:45 – 20:00 Questions and Answers 20:00 – Closing Remarks / Adjourn Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/440800