System for assisting an operator in a work station

    公开(公告)号:US12239597B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-04

    申请号:US17190967

    申请日:2021-03-03

    Abstract: A system for assisting an operator in a work station includes a collaborative robot, with a robot electronic controller, configured for conducting an operation in an open, non-protected space, adjacent and in cooperation with the operator, an exoskeleton including one or more actuators, wearable by the operator for receiving assistance in conducting one or more operations, a plurality of sensors associable to the body of the operator and configured for detecting at least one parameter. An electronic controller is configured for receiving signals by the sensors and for sending signals to the one or more actuators of the exoskeleton and to the robot controller based on an elaboration of signals received by the sensors, wherein the system controller is configured and programmed for dynamically controlling the exoskeleton and the robot so as to avoid collisions or injuries between the robot and the operator or conditions of lack of safety for the operator, and to enable the robot to cooperate with the operator by assuming positions suitable to the physical and physiological features, to the workload and to the postures of the operator.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ERGONOMIC ANALYSIS, IN PARTICULAR OF A WORKER

    公开(公告)号:US20190290202A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-26

    申请号:US16254708

    申请日:2019-01-23

    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for ergonomic analysis including a sensorized glove having an inner glove including a plurality of extensometer sensors for detecting relative movements between parts of a worker's hand, and an outer glove including a plurality of pressure sensors distributed over a palmar surface and for detecting pressure exerted in corresponding areas of said palmar surface; a wearable network of sensors being located in the network so that they can be associated to corresponding joints of the human body; a unit for generating a sequence of images of a worker task; and a processing unit for receiving data and/or signals from the sensorized glove, from the wearable sensor network, and/or from the unit, and configured for processing said data and/or signals to estimate ergonomic indicators and/or to obtain local information of effort and/or posture.

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