Sprenger, C.Z.; Corrales Ramón, J.A.; Baier, N.U. RTMN 2.0—An Extension of Robot Task Modeling and Notation (RTMN) Focused on Human–Robot Collaboration. Appl. Sci.2024, 14, 283.
Sprenger, C.Z.; Corrales Ramón, J.A.; Baier, N.U. RTMN 2.0—An Extension of Robot Task Modeling and Notation (RTMN) Focused on Human–Robot Collaboration. Appl. Sci. 2024, 14, 283.
Sprenger, C.Z.; Corrales Ramón, J.A.; Baier, N.U. RTMN 2.0—An Extension of Robot Task Modeling and Notation (RTMN) Focused on Human–Robot Collaboration. Appl. Sci.2024, 14, 283.
Sprenger, C.Z.; Corrales Ramón, J.A.; Baier, N.U. RTMN 2.0—An Extension of Robot Task Modeling and Notation (RTMN) Focused on Human–Robot Collaboration. Appl. Sci. 2024, 14, 283.
Abstract
This paper describes RTMN 2.0 - an extension of the modeling language RTMN. RTMN combines process modeling and robot execution. The reusability and intuitive robot programming allows people without programming expertise to plan and control robots. While RTMN focuses on the ease of use and flexibility of robot programming by providing an intuitive modelling language, RTMN 2.0 concentrates on Human Robot Collaboration (HRC), which represents the current trend of the industry shift from ‘mass-production’ to ‘mass-customization’. While traditional robot systems provide high payload capabilities and repeatability, they suffer from limited flexibility and dexterity. Therefore, human-robot collaboration is a suitable arrangement to leverage the unique capabilities of both humans and robots for increased efficiency and quality in industrial scenarios. HRC has made a great impact on the robotic industry: increased efficiency, reduced costs and improved productivity, which can be adopted to make up for the skill gap of a shortage of workers in the manufacturing industry. The extension in RTMN 2.0 includes the following notations: HRC tasks, requirement, Key Performance Indicator (KPI), condition check and decision making, join/split and data association. With all these additional elements RTMN 2.0 covers the full scale of agile manufacturing – light out and collaborative.
Keywords
RTMN; HRC; HRC Mode; HRC Task; KPI; Requirement; Decision making
Subject
Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering
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