In industrial environments, over several decades, Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) and
Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) have served to improve efficiencies of intralogistics and …

Mobile robots are devices that can move autonomously to accomplish their goals. This
paper provides a review of such robots oriented towards manufacturing applications. It …

Enabling technologies that drive Industry 4.0 and smart factories are pushing in new
equipment and system development also to prevent human workers from repetitive and non …

This paper reports about the virtual and physical prototy** of an antagonistic Variable
Stiffness Actuator (VSA) to be used on robotic arms specifically realized for physical human …

Mobile manipulators that combine base mobility with the dexterity of an articulated
manipulator have gained popularity in numerous applications ranging from manufacturing …

Flexible and versatile mobile robotic coworkers are becoming an indispensable commodity
for hel** humans with repetitive or physically demanding work. A key challenge with these …

This survey provides the basis for develo** research in the area of mobile manipulator
performance measurement, an area that has relatively few research articles when compared …

Abstract Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) have become a vital part of the automation
sector and a key component of a new industrial revolution that promises to: i. automate the …

Prognostics and health management (PHM) technologies reduce time and costs for
maintenance of products or processes through efficient and cost-effective diagnostic and …

Collaborative robots allow to relieve humans from tedious and/or tiring tasks while leaving to
the operator high-level activities, where their expertise is needed. In this paper the …