Inclusion Through Robotics: Designing Human-Robot Collaboration for Handicapped Workers

Abstract

In the project AQUIAS, a pilot for division of labor in human-robot collaboration was developed, in order to support work quality and healthy working conditions for severely disabled production workers at the valve assembly of ISAK gGmbH. The interdisciplinary research team strived to harmonize the design criteria for the human-robot collaboration development, including technical feasability, safety, ergonomics, work quality, inclusion, and profitability.