M. Rahimi
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M. Rahimi’s research centers on human-robot interaction, occupational safety, and perceptual psychology, with a particular focus on how humans assess risk when working alongside industrial robots. In his most-cited work, “Human Perception of the Maximum Safe Speed of Robot Motions” (1987), Rahimi conducted a pioneering laboratory experiment involving 29 college students to determine the maximum robot arm speeds that human monitors perceive as safe when working near a robot’s envelope. This study, garnering 14 citations, laid early groundwork for understanding human perceptual thresholds in collaborative robotics—a critical factor in designing safer automation systems. By systematically varying robot speeds and measuring subjective safety judgments, Rahimi’s contribution highlighted the gap between actual mechanical risk and human risk perception, informing later standards for robot speed limits in shared workspaces. His work remains a foundational reference for researchers in human-robot collaboration and occupational ergonomics, demonstrating how perceptual studies can directly shape engineering guidelines for safer industrial environments.
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- 1Human Perception of the Maximum Safe Speed of Robot Motions14 citations · 1987