Cobot programming for collaborative industrial tasks: An overview

S El Zaatari, M Marei, W Li, Z Usman - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Collaborative robots (cobots) have been increasingly adopted in industries to facilitate
human–robot collaboration. Despite this, it is challenging to program cobots for collaborative …

Safety bounds in human robot interaction: A survey

A Zacharaki, I Kostavelis, A Gasteratos, I Dokas - Safety science, 2020‏ - Elsevier
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 …

Symbiotic human-robot collaborative assembly

L Wang, R Gao, J Váncza, J Krüger, XV Wang… - CIRP annals, 2019‏ - Elsevier
In human-robot collaborative assembly, robots are often required to dynamically change
their pre-planned tasks to collaborate with human operators in a shared workspace …

Robot guidance using machine vision techniques in industrial environments: A comparative review

L Pérez, Í Rodríguez, N Rodríguez, R Usamentiaga… - Sensors, 2016‏ - mdpi.com
In the factory of the future, most of the operations will be done by autonomous robots that
need visual feedback to move around the working space avoiding obstacles, to work …

Overview of human-robot collaboration in manufacturing

L Wang, S Liu, H Liu, XV Wang - … of 5th International Conference on the …, 2020‏ - Springer
Human-robot collaboration (HRC) in the manufacturing context aims to realise a shared
workspace where humans can work side by side with robots in close proximity. In human …

Design of a virtual reality training system for human–robot collaboration in manufacturing tasks

E Matsas, GC Vosniakos - International Journal on Interactive Design and …, 2017‏ - Springer
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 …

Disassembly sequence planning using discrete Bees algorithm for human-robot collaboration in remanufacturing

W Xu, Q Tang, J Liu, Z Liu, Z Zhou, DT Pham - Robotics and computer …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Remanufacturing helps to improve the resource utilization rate and reduce the
manufacturing cost. Disassembly is a key step of remanufacturing and is always finished by …

Human motion prediction for human-robot collaboration

H Liu, L Wang - Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2017‏ - Elsevier
In human-robot collaborative manufacturing, industrial robots would work alongside human
workers who jointly perform the assigned tasks seamlessly. A human-robot collaborative …

Digital twin-enabled Graduation Intelligent Manufacturing System for fixed-position assembly islands

D Guo, RY Zhong, P Lin, Z Lyu, Y Rong… - Robotics and Computer …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The layout of fixed-position assembly islands is widely used in the heavy equipment
industry, where the product remains at one assembly island for its entire assembly period …

Review of vision-based safety systems for human-robot collaboration

RJ Halme, M Lanz, J Kämäräinen, R Pieters… - Procedia Cirp, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Safety in human-robot collaborative manufacturing is ensured by various types of safety
systems that help to avoid collisions and limit impact forces to the acceptable level in a case …