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 …

Molds are assembled manually due to a shortage of skilled workers and challenges
associated with automating operations, which arise from the low-volume, high-variety …

Small and Medium-size Enterprises require increasingly versatile robots that are capable of
learning new skills during their operating life span, in addition to the ability to integrate …

Robots should not make us feel uncomfortable in our own homes, and so we must be able to
trust them. Proactive robot assistants, designed to collaborate with humans on Activities of …

In the design of user-friendly robots, human communication should be understood by the
system beyond mere logics and literal meaning. Robot communication-design has long …

While factories have started using robots that are safe enough to work alongside people,
they are usually not smart enough to work with people. Those robots are commonly referred …

With the new curriculum reform, teachers of logistics management (LM) take the new
curriculum reform as the educational guideline, based on interpersonal relationship, equal …

In this work, we present a framework for human-robot collaboration allowing the human
operator to alter the robot plan execution online. To achieve this goal, we introduce …

Plastic injection molds are assembled manually because of the high variety and low volume
operation that require frequent change and comprehensive mold knowledge. The lack of …

The presence of industrial robots in factories and manufacturing work places exposes high
risk danger to human beings present in the environment. Therefore, these robots are used to …