Designing human-robot collaboration (HRC) workspaces in industrial settings: A systematic literature review

AC Simões, A Pinto, J Santos, S Pinheiro… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the pursuit of increasing efficiency, productivity and flexibility at production lines and their
corresponding workstations, manufacturing companies have started to heavily invest in …

Occupational health and safety in the industry 4.0 era: A cause for major concern?

A Badri, B Boudreau-Trudel, AS Souissi - Safety science, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Real-time communication, Big Data, human–machine cooperation, remote sensing,
monitoring and process control, autonomous equipment and interconnectivity are becoming …

Assessing the influence of industry 4.0 technologies on occupational health and safety

G Arana-Landín, I Laskurain-Iturbe, M Iturrate… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The aim of this article is to know the impact that the different Industry 4.0 technologies have
on occupational health and safety risks, with special attention to the new emerging risks …

[HTML][HTML] A review: Challenges and opportunities for artificial intelligence and robotics in the offshore wind sector

D Mitchell, J Blanche, S Harper, T Lim, R Gupta, O Zaki… - Energy and AI, 2022 - Elsevier
The UK has set plans to increase offshore wind capacity from 22GW to 154GW by 2030.
With such tremendous growth, the sector is now looking to Robotics and Artificial …

A review and comparison of ontology-based approaches to robot autonomy

A Olivares-Alarcos, D Beßler, A Khamis… - The Knowledge …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Within the next decades, robots will need to be able to execute a large variety of tasks
autonomously in a large variety of environments. To relax the resulting programming effort, a …

A paradigm of safety management in Industry 4.0

Z Liu, K **e, L Li, Y Chen - Systems Research and Behavioral …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Safety management determines and implements safety policy. It is closely intertwined with
industrial development. As the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Industry 4.0 presents new …

Exploring Industry 4.0 technologies to improve manufacturing enterprise safety management: A TOPSIS-based decision support system and real case study

A Forcina, L Silvestri, F De Felice, D Falcone - Safety science, 2024 - Elsevier
Industry 4.0 is changing the traditional manufacturing context, increasing digitalization
towards smart production. Safety is one of the most critical issues and companies are …

Analysis of human resource management challenges in implementation of industry 4.0 in Indian automobile industry

AT James, G Kumar, P Tayal, A Chauhan… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2022 - Elsevier
Industry 4.0 is a novel concept in the manufacturing sector that will enhance productivity in
the automobile industry. However, there are many challenges to its implementation in the …

[HTML][HTML] Autonomous mobile construction robots in built environment: A comprehensive review

L Zeng, S Guo, J Wu, B Markert - Developments in the Built Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Combined robotic arms and mobile platforms, mobile construction robots (MCRs) are
providing an energizing choice for the digitalization of the building industry. To enhance the …

Soft robotics: Definition and research issues

A Chen, R Yin, L Cao, C Yuan, HK Ding… - … on mechatronics and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robots have been a buzz word in the field of robotics. However, there are several
definitions of soft robots in literature with their varying degrees of usefulness to providing …