Human-Robot Cooperation in Manual Assembly – Interaction Concepts for the Future Workplace

A human-robot cooperation workstation was developed and implemented as a platform for the examination of ergonomic design approaches and human-robot interaction in manual assembly. Various control modalities are being tested for this workstation, which enable a broad range of applications for human-robot interaction and control. These modalities include computer-generated control commands, gesture-based control using Myo Armbands, force-sensitive control by guiding the robot, motion tracking of the operator, and head-based gesture control using an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). The focus is on human-centered and ergonomic development of interaction patterns for these control modalities. This paper presents the multimodal interaction concept with the robot and allocates the presented modalities to suitable application areas.