In the era of industrialization and automation, safety is a critical factor that should be
considered during the design and realization of each new system that targets operation in …

Recent technological advances in hardware design of the robotic platforms enabled the
implementation of various control modalities for improved interactions with humans and …

After many years of rigid conventional procedures of production, industrial manufacturing is
going through a process of change toward flexible and intelligent manufacturing, the so …

Collaborative robotics is an umbrella term that conveys the general idea of proximity
between machines and humans for some useful tasks in a shared space, with a range of …

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 …

A key requirement for seamless human-robot collaboration is for the robot to make its
intentions clear to its human collaborator. A collaborative robot's motion must be legible, or …

Most motion in robotics is purely functional, planned to achieve the goal and avoid
collisions. Such motion is great in isolation, but collaboration affords a human who is …

This article presents a holistic approach to the engineering of an artificial robot skin for
robots. An example of a multimodal skin cell is given, one that supports multiple human-like …

This paper presents a highly interactive and immersive Virtual Reality Training System
(VRTS)(“beWare of the Robot”) in terms of a serious game that simulates in real-time the …

Robot navigation in the presence of humans raises new issues for motion planning and
control when the humans must be taken explicitly into account. We claim that a human …