Assessment of Pain Onset and Maximum Bearable Pain Thresholds in Physical Contact Situations.
Sensors (Basel)
; 22(8)2022 Apr 13.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1810111
ABSTRACT
With the development of robot technology, robot utilization is expanding in industrial fields and everyday life. To employ robots in various fields wherein humans and robots share the same space, human safety must be guaranteed in the event of a human-robot collision. Therefore, criteria and limitations of safety need to be defined and well clarified. In this study, we induced mechanical pain in humans through quasi-static contact by an algometric device (at 29 parts of the human body). A manual apparatus was developed to induce and monitor a force and pressure. Forty healthy men participated voluntarily in the study. Physical quantities were classified based on pain onset and maximum bearable pain. The overall results derived from the trials pertained to the subjective concept of pain, which led to considerable inter-individual variation in the onset and threshold of pain. Based on the results, a quasi-static contact pain evaluation method was established, and biomechanical safety limitations on forces and pressures were formulated. The pain threshold attributed to quasi-static contact can serve as a safety standard for the robots employed.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Robotics
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Pain Threshold
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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