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 …

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 …

Ensuring human safety is one of the most important considerations within the field of human-
robot interaction (HRI). This does not simply involve preventing collisions between humans …

Advances in robotics now permit humans to work collaboratively with robots. However,
humans often feel unsafe working alongside robots. Our knowledge of how to help humans …

Collaboration humans and robots in close proximity in a shared workspace is a stimulating
feature of Industry 4.0. Collaborative robotics solution provides for the production processes …

A fully robotized polishing of metallic surfaces may be insufficient in case of parts with
complex geometric shapes, where a manual intervention is still preferable. Within the EU …

With the advancements in human–robot interaction (HRI), robots are now capable of
operating in close proximity and engaging in physical interactions with humans (pHRI) …

This paper introduces a new concept for flexible motion planning and control of industrial
robots. Instead of a closed monolithic architecture, an open service-based framework is …

Ensuring safety in physical human–robot interaction is challenging due to hardware and
control architecture differences across robots, and is often implemented as system …

Compliance control is highly relevant to human safety in human–robot interaction (HRI). This
paper presents a review of various compliance control techniques. The paper is aimed to …