Currently, a large number of industrial robots have been deployed to replace or assist
humans to perform various repetitive and dangerous manufacturing tasks. However, based …

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 …

After many years of rigid conventional procedures of production, industrial manufacturing is
going through a process of change toward flexible and intelligent manufacturing, the so …

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 …

Industrial robots working in isolation in a highly automated system are valued for their high
productivity. The shortcomings of these pure robotic cells become more apparent when …

Proximity perception is a technology that has the potential to play an essential role in the
future of robotics. It can fulfill the promise of safe, robust, and autonomous systems in …

As part of the Industry 4.0 movement, the introduction of digital manufacturing technologies
(DMTs) poses various concerns, particularly the impact of technology adoption on the …

We provide an overview and guidance for the speed and separation monitoring
methodology as presented in the International Organization of Standardization's technical …

This article presents a state-of-the-art survey on the robotic systems, sensors, actuators, and
collaborative strategies for physical human-robot collaboration (pHRC). This article starts …

This paper proposes an acceleration-based robust controller for the motion control problem,
ie, position and force control problems, of a novel series elastic actuator (SEA). A variable …