[HTML][HTML] Emerging research fields in safety and ergonomics in industrial collaborative robotics: A systematic literature review

L Gualtieri, E Rauch, R Vidoni - Robotics and Computer-Integrated …, 2021 - Elsevier
Human–robot collaboration is a main technology of Industry 4.0 and is currently changing
the shop floor of manufacturing companies. Collaborative robots are innovative industrial …

[HTML][HTML] Human–robot collaboration in manufacturing applications: A review

E Matheson, R Minto, EGG Zampieri, M Faccio… - Robotics, 2019 - mdpi.com
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 …

Designing human-robot collaboration (HRC) workspaces in industrial settings: A systematic literature review

AC Simões, A Pinto, J Santos, S Pinheiro… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the pursuit of increasing efficiency, productivity and flexibility at production lines and their
corresponding workstations, manufacturing companies have started to heavily invest in …

[HTML][HTML] Towards industrial robots as a service (IRaaS): Flexibility, usability, safety and business models

A Buerkle, W Eaton, A Al-Yacoub, M Zimmer… - Robotics and Computer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Industrial robots form an integral part of today's manufacturing industry, due to their high
versatility, precision, and fatigue proof nature. Yet, many small and medium sized …

Flexible hybrid sensor systems with feedback functions

K Xu, Y Lu, K Takei - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Skin‐like wearable sensors are regarded as key technologies toward home‐based
healthcare, human–machine interfaces, robotics, prostheses, and enhanced …

Homecare robotic systems for healthcare 4.0: Visions and enabling technologies

G Yang, Z Pang, MJ Deen, M Dong… - IEEE journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Powered by the technologies that have originated from manufacturing, the fourth revolution
of healthcare technologies is happening (Healthcare 4.0). As an example of such revolution …

Human-robot interaction review: Challenges and solutions for modern industrial environments

D Rodríguez-Guerra, G Sorrosal, I Cabanes… - Ieee …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The demand for collaborative robots is growing in industrial environments due to their
versatility and low prices. Thus, more collaborative solutions are emerging for industrial …

CoboSkin: Soft robot skin with variable stiffness for safer human–robot collaboration

G Pang, G Yang, W Heng, Z Ye… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Conventional industrial robots are unable to guarantee the inherent safety when working
together with humans due to the use of rigid components and the lack of force sensation. To …

Review of robot skin: A potential enabler for safe collaboration, immersive teleoperation, and affective interaction of future collaborative robots

G Pang, G Yang, Z Pang - IEEE Transactions on Medical …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The emerging applications of collaborative robots (cobots) are spilling out from product
manufactories to service industries for human care, such as patient care for combating the …

Mental stress and safety awareness during human-robot collaboration-Review

L Lu, Z Xie, H Wang, L Li, X Xu - Applied ergonomics, 2022 - Elsevier
Human-robot collaboration (HRC) is an emerging research area that has gained
tremendous attention in both academia and industry. Yet, the feature that humans and …