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 …

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 …

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 …

Collaborative robots (cobots) are robots that are designed to collaborate with humans in an
open workspace. In contrast to industrial robots in an enclosed environment, cobots need …

Human–robot collaboration (HRC) has attracted strong interests from researchers and
engineers for improved operational flexibility and efficiency towards mass personalization …

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 …

The assembly process of high precision products involves a variety of delicate operations
that are time-consuming and energy-intensive. Neither the human operators nor the robots …

Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMSs), which possess the advantages of both
dedicated serial lines and flexible manufacturing systems, were introduced in the mid-1990s …