Augmented Reality Technology in Safe Human-Robot Collaboration

Abstract

Safety is a crucial aspect to consider while pertaining spheres that require human and robot interaction. The current technologies and innovative breakthroughs are often accompanied by the urge to ensure the safety on a sufficiently high level. The integration of Augmented Reality (AR) technology into Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), while promising, may introduce a new set of challenges and opportunities. Nevertheless, AR has shown its effectiveness in several fields of applications in HRI. However, ensuring safety in Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC) by employing AR is the most prominent topic of the past years. Thus, this thesis conducts a systematic mapping of literature to examine the state-of-the-art of current research on the methods of augmented reality application in enhancing the safety of the human in human-robot collaboration.