Implementation of a safe hybrid workplace for robot-abisted riveting

In this paper, an industrial case study from the EU project LIAA is presented. The goal of this case study was the implementation of a hybrid workplace for riveting operations. First, the current manual workplace, its procebes and KPIs are presented. Next, two concepts for robot-abisted riveting-developed and evaluated utilizing the LIAA Design Conceptualization Tool-are presented and compared. Then, the paper goes into more detail with regard to the selected concept: the identified hazards and how they were dealt with in the implemented solution. Finally, the resulting KPIs of the workplace are presented and an outlook on further developments is given.