ABSTRACT
For successful human-robot interactions, it is important to ensure that humans and robots co-exist in harmony. Such co-existence is called space-sharing interactions. This chapter discusses two scenarios in space-sharing interactions: co-existence of human workers and robot workers on factory floors, and co-existence of human-driven vehicles and autonomous vehicles on public roads. The methodologies discussed in the theory part of this book will be applied to these two scenarios, in particular, the safe control strategy and the human behavior prediction method. The robot safe interaction system (RSIS) is introduced first for safe co-existence between human workers and robot workers. Then the robustly-safe automated driving system (ROAD) is introduced for safe interactions with other road participants. Simulation and experimental studies in the two scenarios are provided to verify the effectiveness of the methods.
