In the pursuit of increasing efficiency, productivity and flexibility at production lines and their
corresponding workstations, manufacturing companies have started to heavily invest in …

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 robots (cobots) have been increasingly adopted in industries to facilitate
human–robot collaboration. Despite this, it is challenging to program cobots for collaborative …

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 …

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 …

Robot assistants and professional coworkers are becoming a commodity in domestic and
industrial settings. In order to enable robots to share their workspace with humans and …

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 …

Although the concept of industrial cobots dates back to 1999, most present day hybrid
human–machine assembly systems are merely weight compensators. Here, we present …

Human–robot collaboration (HRC) plays a pivotal role in today's industry by supporting
increasingly customised product development. Via HRC, the strengths of humans and robots …

In line with the unpredictable variety of demands and acceleration into the electric vehicle
era, automakers have efforted on smart factories utilizing new manufacturing platforms with …