Workspace and Collaboration System Design of Two Robot Manipulators

Abstract

Robots working in industries are increasingly in numbers and complexity. These robots need to be collaborated with human or another robot. Therefore, it is necessary to study and design the workspace and collaboration system of two robot manipulators to ensure minimal human intervention in accomplishing their assigned tasks. This paper presents the workspace and collaboration design of two robot manipulators. The kinematics analysis is given to show the workspace design. The safety of two robots is ensure by the application of proximity sensors which are modeled as a spring-damper system. This paper is intended to show the possibility of realizing two robot manipulators collaboration system, which is applicable in industries and agriculture environment.