Abstract Human–Robot Collaboration (HRC) has a pivotal role in smart manufacturing for
strict requirements of human-centricity, sustainability, and resilience. However, existing HRC …

Robotic equipment has been playing a central role since the proposal of smart
manufacturing. Since the beginning of the first integration of industrial robots into production …

Position error is a significant limitation for industrial robots in high-precision machining and
manufacturing. Efficient error measurement and compensation for robots equipped with end …

In robotic cooperation manufacturing occasions, like grinding, assembling, welding, etc., the
position-force synchronization tracking control for robotic cooperative manipulators is critical …

In human–robot collaborative assembly, leveraging multimodal commands for intuitive robot
control remains a challenge from command translation to efficient collaborative operations …

Monitoring external disturbing forces is of great significance for improving the control
performance and interaction safety of ball screw drives. In consideration of the low cost in …

Manufacturing systems envisioned for factories of the future will promote human-centricity for
close collaboration in a shared working environment towards better overall productivity …

Based on the holistic data of product-service system (PSS) delivery processes, equipment
portrait can be used to describe personalised user requirements and conduct targeted …

An accurate dynamic model of a robot is fundamentally important for a control system, while
uncertainties residing in the model are inevitable in a physical robot system. The …

Flexible and safe human-robot collaboration depends on accurately capturing the three-
dimensional motion of humans and robots in the field of smart manufacturing. In this paper, a …