The Internet of Robotic Things is an emerging vision that brings together pervasive sensors
and objects with robotic and autonomous systems. This survey examines how the merger of …

Increasing research attention has been attracted to automatic production processes in small
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) using collaborative robotic systems. In this work, we …

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 …

This paper investigates the effect of introducing mobile dual arm coworkers in manual
assembly systems. These robot workers can navigate autonomously and in a safe way …

There has been a leap in the field of smart manufacturing with the advancement of
automation systems, robotic technology, big data analytics, and state-of-the-art Artificial …

This paper presents a framework for the control of autonomous production units for real time
reconfiguration of the shop floor. The approach considers a series of highly flexible …

This paper investigates the effect of introducing multi-purpose mobile robot manipulators to
an assembly system. These units are easily relocated in the shop floor and are able to …

For existing robotic assembly studies in construction, the axis-aligned bounding box
algorithm used is not capable enough to provide the exact approximation of rotated and …

The changes of market, the shift of manufacturing paradigm, the evolution of devices, and
the emergence of new technologies, require and drive manufacturing to be flexible …

In the footwear sector, automation is often performed by robotic arms due to the inherent
adaptive requirements of some of its tasks. With the Industry 4.0 revolution, automation is …