Robot Safety Interlocks For ABB

Abstract

The Robot Interlocks Capstone project serves its purpose of protecting those in the room of the ABB robot. The entire system was designed by the Robot Interlocks Team of 2021-2022 and built by Campus Facility Services. The students in charge of the project are Joe Grissom, Jacob Mitchell, and Timothy Robinson. The Academic Advisor and supervisor of the project is Professor Elaine Cooney. The project function is to halt robot operation once the door interlock loses contact with its actuator, the enclosure gate is opened, or once the area scanners detect obstruction of any kind within the robot enclosure. All documentation used by the team has been referenced within this document. Since this project will continue to be an ongoing project in the future, it is highly recommended to read through this document before going forward with robot operations.