New paradigms in industrial robotics no longer require physical separation between robotic
manipulators and humans. Moreover, in order to optimize production, humans and robots …

In contexts where robots share their workspace with humans, safety is of utmost importance.
Consequently, in recent years, a big impulse has been given to the design of human-friendly …

Different branches of technology are striving to come up with new advancements that will
enhance civilization and ultimately improve the quality of life. In the robotics community …

This paper presents a synergistic approach to danger assessment and safety-oriented
control of articulated robots that are based on a quantity called danger field. This quantity …

In the field of human–robot interaction in industrial environments, the active control of robot
based on exteroceptive sensors' measurements is a viable approach to the issue of safety …

With the rapid development of robot perception and planning technology, robots are
gradually getting rid of fixed fences and working closely with humans in a shared …

Safety during interaction with unstructured and dynamic environments is now a well
established requirement for complex robotic systems. A wide variety of approaches focus on …

Planning and control of an industrial manipulator for safe Human-Robot Collaboration
(HRC) is a difficult task because of two conflicting requirements: ensuring the worker's safety …

Future robots operating in fast-changing anthropomorphic environments need to be reactive,
safe, flexible, and intuitively use both arms (comparable to humans) to handle task-space …

In order to improve production flexibility, it is widely agreed that future working environments
will be populated by both humans and robot manipulators, sharing the same workspace …