Safety Guidance to Develop a Robotic Devices for Nursing Care

The physical assistant robot potentially helps people to improve their quality of life. However, compared to traditional industrial robots and machines, physical assistant robots are used in the severe situation from the view of safety. Thus, we proposes an safety guidance document to develop the physical assistant robot. As the basic concept, the “V-model”, which consists of the concept design, risk assessment, safety validation, and user test, is determined in this guidance. This is the development flow to improve the safety and usability. For this purpose, hazard scenario of the physical assistant robot, safety measure of human, and safety validation test method were developed. This guidance document aims to help the traditional robot company to enter the market of the physical assistant robot.