This paper provides an overview of collaborative robotics towards manufacturing
applications. Over the last decade, the market has seen the introduction of a new category of …

The integration of robots in manufacturing systems known as Human Robot Collaboration
(HRC) can provide relevant opportunities in terms of productivity, safety and quality control …

Advances in human-centric smart manufacturing (HSM) reflect a trend towards the
integration of human-in-the-loop with technologies, to address challenges of human …

This article presents a survey of literature in the area of Human–Robot Interaction (HRI),
specifically on systems containing more than two agents (ie, having multiple humans and/or …

Industry 4.0 is increasingly being promoted as the key to improving productivity, promoting
economic growth and ensuring the sustainability of manufacturing companies. On the other …

Digital twin (DT) is an emerging technology that enables sophisticated interaction between
physical objects and their virtual replicas. Although DT has recently gained significant …

The successful implementation of Human–Robot Collaboration (HRC) has become a
prominent feature of smart manufacturing environments. Key industrial requirements, such …

With the advent of Industry 4.0, several cutting-edge technologies such as cyber-physical
systems, digital twins, IoT, robots, big data, cloud computation have emerged. However, how …

Retired electric-vehicle lithium-ion battery (EV-LIB) packs pose severe environmental
hazards. Efficient recovery of these spent batteries is a significant way to achieve closed …

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 …