Explainable AI (XAI) is widely viewed as a sine qua non for ever-expanding AI research. A
better understanding of the needs of XAI users, as well as human-centered evaluations of …

Industrial robots form an integral part of today's manufacturing industry, due to their high
versatility, precision, and fatigue proof nature. Yet, many small and medium sized …

Industry 5.0 constitutes a change of paradigm where the increase of economic benefits
caused by a never-ending increment of production is no longer the only priority. Instead …

Real-time reactive manipulation of deformable linear objects is a challenging task that
requires robots to quickly and adaptively respond to changes in the object's deformed shape …

Digital technologies are changing the nature of teamwork in ways that have important
implications for leadership. Though conceptually rich and multi-disciplinary, much of the …

Robotic vision, otherwise known as computer vision for robots, is a critical process for robots
to collect and interpret detailed information related to human actions, goals, and …

Industrial robots working in isolation in a highly automated system are valued for their high
productivity. The shortcomings of these pure robotic cells become more apparent when …

This paper presents a novel layered framework that integrates visual foundation models to
improve robot manipulation tasks and motion planning. The framework consists of five …

This article surveys the literature on human–robot object handovers. A handover is a
collaborative joint action, where an agent, the giver, gives an object to another agent, the …

Purpose This study aims to extend the technology acceptance model (TAM) to examine
whether the introduction of robots influences employees' behavioral intentions to use robots …