As robots and other intelligent agents move from simple environments and problems to more
complex, unstructured settings, manually programming their behavior has become …

Recent technological advances in hardware design of the robotic platforms enabled the
implementation of various control modalities for improved interactions with humans and …

Task-parameterized models of movements aim at automatically adapting movements to new
situations encountered by a robot. The task parameters can, for example, take the form of …

Robots are becoming safe and smart enough to work alongside people not only on
manufacturing production lines, but also in spaces such as houses, museums, or hospitals …

Over the last two decades, the foundations for physical human–robot interaction (pHRI) have
evolved from successful developments in mechatronics, control, and planning, leading …

Robots that physically interact with their surroundings, in order to accomplish some tasks or
assist humans in their activities, require to exploit contact forces in a safe and proficient …

This chapter surveys the main approaches developed to date to endow robots with the
ability to learn from human guidance. The field is best known as robot programming by …

In this paper, we propose a novel method for human–robot collaboration, where the robot
physical behaviour is adapted online to the human motor fatigue. The robot starts as a …

This study provides a structured literature review of the recent COllaborative roBOT
(COBOT) applications in industrial and service contexts. Several papers and research …

To effectively collaborate with people, robots are expected to detect and profile the users
they are interacting with, but also to modify and adapt their behavior according to the …