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 …

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 …

Industry 5.0 constitutes a change of paradigm where the increase of economic benefits
caused by a never-ending increment of production is no longer the only priority. Instead …

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 …

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 …

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

Obtaining spatially separated, high‐frequency water samples from rivers and lakes is critical
to enhance our understanding and effective management of freshwater resources. In this …

With the development of smart manufacturing, human-robot collaboration (HRC) is seen as
the future of manufacturing. In a manufacturing environment with HRC, safety has been …

A new methodology for describing the safety of human-robot collaborations is presented.
Taking a task-based perspective, a risk assessment of a collaborative robot system safety …