Features of Interaction Between a Human and a Gestures-controlled Collaborative Robot in an Assembly Task: Pilot Experiments

Abstract

This paper presents results of pilot experiments that were run to study a human interaction with the UR5e collaborative 6-axis robot manipulator in a cooperative assembly task. The participants controlled the equipped with a screwdriver UR5e robot using computer vision and gestures. The purpose of the experiments was to identify the features of user interaction with the UR5e robot controlled with gestures in a task of a complex object assembly. Ten people took part in the experiments. The results of the experiments allowed to conclude on practical efficiency of cobots in joint assembly tasks. In addition, we identified preferable by the users location areas during the assembly task.