Stakeholders’ perspectives on safety-related human–robot collaborative scenarios

Safety plays a key role when implementing collaborative robots (cobots) in human-shared workspace scenarios. Nevertheless, the significance and understanding of safety-related aspects may significantly vary with different stakeholders’ perspectives. In particular, there is often misconception that cobots are inherently safe result underestimating need adopting adequate safety measures features for deployment industrial non-industrial frames. Accordingly, this article develops an in-depth analysis stakeholders their stakes human–robot collaboration manufacturing industry particular attention to aspects. The proposed approach consists field study, online questionnaire structured interviews, directed at main stakeholders. study results presented compared insights from two recent explorative studies. Finally, careful discussion provided. This research focuses on three topics: (i) specific phases robot application cycle, (ii) involved each phase, (iii) affect general, specifically within these stakes. findings show awareness issues still jeopardized between addition, underestimate new production lines. implies objective assessment tools can systematically address assess all provides practitioners broader view how regard cobot life cycle. will enable more informed decision-making solutions potentially avoid unconsidered risks later on. also adds scant stakeholder collaboration.