Fenceless environment monitoring and robot control software library

Under this system, two novel safety system concepts will address the barrier-free design of workplaces and the natural interaction between humans and machines in order to increase the efficiency in this way. A 3D safety sensor which monitors a 3D volume around a hazardous machine from above, and safely detects objects down to the diameter of an arm and outputs the minimum distance of an object to a predefined hazard zone. This information can then be used to slow down or stop the machine, depending on the measured distances. An end-of-arm safeguarding system that guards the processes of the robot tool with a virtual protective shell around it will be also deployed. This is achieved by placing 8 integrated distance sensors on a ring around the robot arm. If a worker intrudes the safeguarded shell, the robot can be slowed down or stopped, depending on the measured distances.