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welding, materials handling, arc welding, and routing. The population of robots is growing at a significant rate in various parts of the world; for example, in 1984, a report published by the British Robot Association indicated a robot popula- tion distribution between Japan (64,600), Western Europ

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Fundamentals of Robot Safety,ication may call for specific precautions for operators, maintenance workers, robot systems, and so on. In the past, robot safety did not receive as much attention as it deserved from both manufacturers and users. This scenario is changing in recent years, and robot-related accidents could be one of

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Topics in Robot Safety,neration for accidents as the result of litigation [1]. Governments in various parts of the world have enacted laws to regulate this situation. As a result of such laws, both manufacturers and users have accelerated their efforts to promote safety. The use of robots in hazardous industrial condition

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Robot Reliability,els. A successful robot installation has to be safe and reliable. A robot with poor reliability leads to many problems: high maintenance cost, unsafe conditions, inconvenience, and so on. Nevertheless, the American National Standard for Industrial Robots and Robot Systems—Safety Requirements [1] spe

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