The research community is puzzled with words like skill, action, atomic unit and others when
describing robots' capabilities. However, for giving the possibility to integrate capabilities in …

Intuitive robot programming for non-experts will be essential to increasing automation in
small and medium-sized enterprises. Programming by demonstration (PbD) is a fast and …

Maintaining competitiveness and mitigating health issues test caused by unergonomic
working conditions are two main reasons for automating production processes. But such …

The features of modern collaborative robots, mainly their kinematic redundancy combined
with the light-weight structure, can be fully exploited in parts assembly. Traditional robot …

One of the biggest obstacles on the path to digitalization in an industrial environment is the
lack of communication standards. This is particularly evident where several domains meet …

In this work we present a platform to assess robot platform skills using an internet-of-things
(IoT) task board device to aggregate performances across remote sites. We demonstrate a …

The moon, as the closest celestial body to Earth, is currently the only deep space celestial
body that humans can conveniently travel back and forth using chemical rocket. It can serve …

We address a challenging problem in motion planning where robots must navigate through
narrow passages in their configuration space. Our novel approach leverages optimization …

For the installation of large and heavy components in spacecraft, a set of methods of
compliant robotic assembly based on force/position hybrid control are given. Based on the …

Up to now, many repetitive industrial processes, like welding in automotive, have been
automated. However, robust solutions for assembly operations that, besides precise robot …