The ROS2 Monitoring component is meant for developers using ROS2: a dashboard for monitoring health, login, examining services, publishers and subscribers associated to ROS2 nodes. The component includes a GUI, which is used to interact with the component, through the GUI the user can setup the ROS components that the user wants to monitor.

The main functionality of this supporting tool is to allow robotics applications designers and system integrations to also analyse the required size of the minimum separation distance for cobot applications featuring Speed and Separation Monitoring. The minimum separation distance is determined by a combination of the following parameters: 

• Robot type, including braking parameters 
• Robot program (speeds for individual joints for planned movements) 

• Payload (including tooling and manipulated parts) 
• Safety sensor attributes include reaction time, distance that a person can reach into workspace before being detected, and measurement uncertainty 

The supporting tool integrates user interfaces for specifying these values into the overall simulation environment and performs the calculations to show the instantaneous and accumulated minimum safety distances, in 2D (projected on the floor) and in 3D (around the robot). 

The main functionality of this supporting tool is to help designers of collaborative robotics applications ensure the safety of their applications. It provides examples of best practices, how-to guides, information related to legal issues, and information related to relevant standards and regulations.

The main functionality of this supporting tool is to help system integrators and designers of collaborative robot applications validate the application at a system level in the form of a test, to prove that the system is safe. This support is in the form of a step-by-step guide (a pdf document), specifying which relevant information the user needs, which measuring equipment to use, and how to execute and evaluate the test results. There are a wide variety of different protocols available, as these are specific to robot device type and safeguarding strategy.

The main functionality of this supporting tool is to to facilitate the incorporation of innovation and creative problem-solving methodologies into industrial processes. The tool combines common visual resource management tools (such as Kanban) with collaborative creation methodologies such as design thinking. In this way, the iterative refine process incorporated by these collaborative techniques is expected to increase daily production problems of workers, incorporating, in a natural way (without extra work), skills, and tools to improve. The expected results systematically introduce this iterative process for the solution of daily production problems, in a way that workers naturally understand the specific needs of users of services / products and redefine problems in an attempt to identify alternative solutions more productive, more attractive and more efficient, without a high investment in resources.

The main functionality of this supporting tool is to provide insight into the composition of the flexible manufacturing process in terms of the availability of resources and correctness of the inputs and outputs flow. 

This is achieved by facilitating the step-by-step gathering of information related to manufacturing tasks and potential actors involved in the production process. The outcome may be used to assign workers to tasks fitting their qualifications, allocate robotic agents to tasks that may harm humans, and adequately plan upskilling of the personnel. MPDesign is also an excellent means to document the manufacturing process’s design for future reference. 

The main functionality of this supporting tool is to provide a set of recommendations (based on interaction patterns and design guidelines) that designers and developers should implement in their interfaces to ensure usability, accessibility, and UX aspects. This tool would be applicable to designers/developers at an early stage of product development as well as evaluating the interface of an already developed solution.  

The users would have to answer a questionnaire covering relevant aspects of the human-machine interactions, such as the type of devices to be used (e.g., tablet, PC), the type of technology (e.g., Augmented Reality, Web), and the target user profile.

The main functionality of this supporting tool is to give solution providers or developers a possibility to collect feedback from users of a technical solution with a short, ready-made questionnaire. The questionnaire is based on a design and evaluation framework of the SHOP4CF project and it addresses seven themes: user experience, usability, user acceptance, usefulness, ergonomics, safety, and ethics. For solution providers, the tool provides an easy way to collect holistic information of their solutions, and for workers, it provides an effortless way to participate in the design of work tools.  

The use of the questionnaire can be started by creating a project, adding an expiration date to the ready-made questionnaire, and sending the questionnaire link to the respondents. After four respondents have answered the questionnaire, it is possible to see the results (e.g., an overview of the human factors topics and detailed information for each question). The results are automatically updated when the questionnaire receives more responses.

The main functionality of this supporting tool is to supports the rapid assessment of various factors affecting human performance and part quality in industrial operations. In particular, the assessment reviews factors such as time deviations (faster or slower executions), assembly sequence modifications or errors (forgotten parts, incorrect operations, etc.). Beyond the rapid assessment of human performance factors, the tool proposes the potential areas of improvement. A SSH (social sciences and humanities) professional is required for full assessment before engaging further actions.   

PATH is a web-based application that can potentially run from telephones, tablets or PCs. It enables workers and managers to provide feedback about the tasks they perform, the working conditions or their attitudes. Privacy aspects have been included into the tool: the questionnaire is anonymous and only statistical results are provided.