Evaluating ROBOTIC safety using quality function deployment Academic Article

abstract

• Improper design of the robotic safety system could create sources of hazards to humans. Regardless of the robotic safety guidelines defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a synchronous consideration between the safety issue and system requirements is needed. In this study, quality function deployment (QFD) is used to evaluate safety for the design of a robotic workcell to ensure that the safety as well as system requirements are designed to meet the users needs. QFD converts the consumers demands into quality characteristics and develops a design quality for the finished product by systematically deploying the relationship between the demands and characteristics. A series of QFD matrices is developed in this study, and the advantages and disadvantages between different designs are also illustrated. 2000 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

authors

• Parsaei, Hamid

published proceedings

• International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

author list (cited authors)

• Yang, Y. N., Parsaei, H. R., Leep, H. R., & Chuengsatiansup, K.

complete list of authors

• Yang, YN||Parsaei, HR||Leep, HR||Chuengsatiansup, K

publication date

• January 2000

published in

• International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management  Journal

start page

• 241

end page

• 256

volume

• 1

issue

• 2-3