Manufacturing challenges are increasing the demands for more agile and dexterous means
of production. At the same time, these systems aim to maintain or even increase productivity …

The development of the industry phase from 4.0 into 5.0 is shifting the focus from technology-
driven to value-driven to empower and engage humans in the work environment with …

The paradigm for robot usage has changed in the last few years, from a scenario in which
robots work isolated to a scenario where robots collaborate with human beings, exploiting …

Collaboration between human and robot requires interaction modalities that suit the context
of the shared tasks and the environment in which it takes place. While an industrial …

Within the context of Industry 4.0 and of the new emerging Industry 5.0, human factors are
becoming increasingly important, especially in Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC). This …

Several decades of development in the fields of robotics and automation have resulted in
human-robot interaction is commonplace, and the subject of intense study. These …

Seamless human–robot collaboration requires the equipping of robots with cognitive
capabilities that enable their awareness of the environment, as well as the actions that take …

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

The Industry 4.0 paradigm emphasizes the crucial benefits that collaborative robots, ie,
robots able to work alongside and together with humans, could bring to the whole …

Technological progress increasingly envisions the use of robots interacting with people in
everyday life. Human–robot collaboration (HRC) is the approach that explores the …