ROBOTICS

A robot may not injure a worker: Working safety with robots.
NIOSH Science Blog: November 20, 2015

Mine safety and rescue through sensing networks and robotics technology
R01-OH-009612, November 2010; :1-24

Programmable electronic mining systems: Best practice recommendations (in nine parts). Part 9: 7.0 Independent functional safety assessment guidance
NIOSH Publication No. 2006-131, IC 9488.

Programmable electronic mining systems: Best practice recommendations (in nine parts). Part 8: 6.0 Safety file guidance
NIOSH Publication No. 2006-130, IC 9487

Programmable electronic mining systems: Best practice recommendations (in nine parts). Part 6:  5.1 System safety guidance
NIOSH Publication No. 2005–150, IC 9480

Programmable electronic mining systems: Best practice recommendations (in nine parts). Part 4: 3.0  Safety file
NIOSH Publication No. 2002–134, IC 9461

Programmable electronic mining systems: Best practice recommendations (in nine parts). Part 1: 1.0  Introduction
NIOSH Publication No. 2001–132, IC 9456

Programmable electronic mining systems: Best practice recommendations (in nine parts). Part 3: 2.2 Software Safety
NIOSH Publication No. 2001-164, IC 9460

Programmable electronic mining systems: Best practice recommendations (in nine parts). Part 2: 2.1  System safety
NIOSH Publication No. 2001–137, IC 9458

Safe maintenance guidelines for robotic workstations
NIOSH Publication No. 88-108

Response time evaluation of three pressure mats as robot workstation safety sensors
Purchase Order Report No. 85-1042

Preventing the injury of workers by robots
NIOSH Publication No. 85-103

Unmanned aerial vehicles in construction and worker safety
American Journal of Industrial Medicine: October 2017 [Epub ahead of print]

Working safely with robot workers: Recommendations for the new workplace
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene: March 2016 / 13(3):D61-D71

Interfacing safety sensors to industrial robotic workstations
Sensors: April 1987 /4(4) 35-37

Hazard prevention in automated factories
Robotics Engineering: July 1986 / 8(7):8-11

Robot-related fatality involving a U.S. manufacturing plant employee: case report and recommendations
Journal of Occupational Accidents: June 1986 / 8(1-2):13-23

OSHA News Release – Region 4: Alabama auto parts supplier to Kia and Hyundai, staffing agencies face $2.5M in fines after robot fatally crushes young bride-to-be. December 14, 2016.

OSHA technical manual: Industrial robots and robot system safety

Government of Western Australia [2014]. Mine safety bulletin no. 110: Seeking safe mobile autonomous equipment systems

International Federation of Robotics [2016]. Executive summary world robotics 2016 industrial robots

Robotics Virtual Organization [2016]. A roadmap for U.S. Robotics: From internet to robotics (2016 Edition)

WinterGreen Research, Inc. [2015].  Wearable robots, exoskeletons: Market shares, market strategies, and market forecasts, 2015 to 2021. Lexington, MA: WinterGreen Research, Inc. Report #SH26511914.

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