Stochastic analysis of a robot machine with duplicate safety units

Abstract

Points out the steadily growing role of computers in the industrial sector. Highlights some accidents involving robots and touches on safeguards which have been introduced. Presents reliability and availability analysis of a robot machine/system having a redundant safety system. Formulas for system reliability, steady state availability, and mean time to failure are developed. Selective plots of the resulting formulas are shown.

Citation

Dhillon, B.S. and Fashandi, A.R.M. (1999), "Stochastic analysis of a robot machine with duplicate safety units", Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol. 5 No. 2, pp. 114-127. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552519910271810