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 …

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 …

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 …

The wide interest of research and industry in the human–robot interaction (HRI) related
topics is proportional to the increased productivity and flexibility of the production lines, as it …

Inspired by the natural intelligence of humans and bio-evolution, Artificial Intelligence (AI)
has seen accelerated growth since the beginning of the 21st century. Successful AI …

Flexibility and changeability of assembly processes require a close cooperation between the
worker and the automated assembly system. The interaction between human and robots …

Assembly is the capstone process for product realization where component parts and
subassemblies are integrated together to form the final products. As product variety …

The increasing demand for flexibility and reconfigurability of assembly lines generates new
challenges for the control of these lines and their subsystems, such as robots, grippers …

Platform-based manufacturing is substantially changing the way production is conceived
and performed. Companies do not know who is making their parts, part manufacturers do …

Dual-arm robots provide efficient approach for automated execution of complex assembly
operations. With bimanual-manipulation, a dual-arm robot can simultaneously control …