Claims:We claim:
1. A collaborative robot 100 comprising:
an event detection unit 103 configured to detect a hazardous event in a working environment of the collaborative robot 100;
a protective compartment 107 housing a protective fabric 108; and
a control unit 105 communicatively connected to the event detection unit 103 and the protective compartment 107, the control unit 105 is configured to:
validate detection of the hazardous event; and
initiate inflation of the protective fabric 108 upon validating the detection of the hazardous event, wherein upon inflation, the protective fabric 108 covers the collaborative robot 100 for protecting the collaborative robot 100 from the hazardous event.
2. The collaborative robot 100 as claimed in claim 1, wherein the event detection unit 103 comprises one or more sensors, the one or more sensors comprising microphone 109, Light Detection and Ranging [LIDAR] 115 and image capturing units.

3. The collaborative robot 100 as claimed in claim 2, wherein the image capturing units comprises a Red Green Blue (RGB) camera 111 and an Infrared (IR) Camera 113.

4. The collaborative robot 100 as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit 105 validates the detection of the hazardous event when two or more sensors configured in the collaborative robot 100 detect the same hazardous event.

5. The collaborative robot 100 as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit 105 detects an event occurred in the working environment of the collaborative robot 100 as the hazardous event when the event matches with one or more predefined hazardous event patterns stored in a memory unit 110 of the collaborative robot 100.

6. The collaborative robot 100 as claimed in claim 1 detaches from one or more cables 124 attached with the collaborative robot 100 prior to inflation of the protective fabric 108.

7. The collaborative robot 100 as claimed in claim 1, wherein the protective compartment 107 and the protective fabric 108 is fire resistant and collision resistant.

8. The collaborative robot 100 as claimed in claim 1 generates a notification alert upon inflating the protective fabric 108.

9. The collaborative robot 100 as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hazardous event comprises fire accidents and collision detection.

10. A method of protecting a collaborative robot 100 from a hazardous event, the method comprising:
detecting, by an event detection unit 103 configured in the collaborative robot 100, the hazardous event in a working environment of the collaborative robot 100;
validating, by a control unit 105 configured in the collaborative robot 100, detection of the hazardous event; and
initiating, by the control unit 105, inflation of a protective fabric 108 housed in a protective compartment 107 of the collaborative robot 100 upon validating the detection of the hazardous event, wherein upon inflation, the protective fabric 108 covers the collaborative robot 100 for protecting the collaborative robot 100 from the hazardous event.
11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the event detection unit 103 comprises one or more sensors, the one or more sensors comprising microphone 109, Light Detection and Ranging [LIDAR] 115 and image capturing units.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the image capturing units comprises a Red Green Blue (RGB) camera 111 and an Infrared (IR) Camera 113.

13. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the hazardous event is validated when two or more sensors configured in the collaborative robot 100 detect the same hazardous event.

14. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the hazardous event is detected when the control unit 105 detects an event occurred in the working environment of the collaborative robot 100 which matches with one or more predefined hazardous event patterns stored in a memory unit 110 of the collaborative robot 100.

15. The method as claimed in claim 10 further comprises detaching one or more cables 124 attached with the collaborative robot 100 prior to inflation of the protective fabric 108.

16. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the protective compartment 107 and the protective fabric 108 is fire resistant and collision resistant.

17. The method as claimed in claim 10 further comprises generating a notification alert upon inflating the protective fabric 108.

18. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the hazardous event comprises fire accidents and collision detection.

Dated this 27h day of March 2018

SWETHA S. N
OF K&S PARTNERS
ATTORNEY FOR THE APPLICANT
IN/PA-2123
, Description:TECHNICAL FIELD
The present subject matter is generally related to collaborative robots and more particularly, but not exclusively, to a collaborative robot and a method for protecting collaborative robot from hazardous events.