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In this paper is discussed primarily the main conception of meeting explosion safety regulations of European Union 2014\/34\/EU (also called ATEX\u2014from French \u201cAppareils destin\u00e9s \u00e0 \u00eatre utilis\u00e9s en ATmosph\u00e8res Explosives\u201d) for Group I (equipment intended for use in underground mines) and Category M1 (equipment designed for operation in the presence of an explosive atmosphere). An example of a practical solution is described on main subsystems of the mobile robot TeleRescuer\u2014a teleoperated robot with autonomy functions, a sensory subsystem with multiple cameras, three-dimensional (3D) mapping and sensors for measurement of gas concentration, airflow, relative humidity, and temperatures. Explosion safety is ensured according to the Technical Report CLC\/TR 60079-33 \u201cs\u201d by two main independent protections\u2014mechanical protection (flameproof enclosure) and electrical protection (automatic methane detector that disconnects power when methane breaches the enclosure and gets inside the robot body).<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/app8112300","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,21]],"date-time":"2018-11-21T11:23:27Z","timestamp":1542799407000},"page":"2300","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Implementation of Explosion Safety Regulations in Design of a Mobile Robot for Coal Mines"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2103-7294","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Petr","family":"Nov\u00e1k","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Robotics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, V\u0160B-Technical University of Ostrava, 70833 Ostrava, Czech Republic"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2357-806X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tom\u00e1\u0161","family":"Kot","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Robotics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, V\u0160B-Technical University of Ostrava, 70833 Ostrava, Czech Republic"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2219-0840","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jan","family":"Babjak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Robotics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, V\u0160B-Technical University of Ostrava, 70833 Ostrava, Czech Republic"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zden\u011bk","family":"Kone\u010dn\u00fd","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Robotics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, V\u0160B-Technical University of Ostrava, 70833 Ostrava, Czech Republic"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4697-1561","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wojciech","family":"Moczulski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instytut Podstaw Konstrukcji Maszyn, Konarskiego 18A, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6897-2194","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"\u00c1ngel","family":"Rodriguez L\u00f3pez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Systems Engineering and Automation, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Wikipedia (2018, July 03). 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