The recent digital revolution led robots to become integrated more than ever into different
domains such as agricultural, medical, industrial, military, police (law enforcement), and …

In the era of industrialization and automation, safety is a critical factor that should be
considered during the design and realization of each new system that targets operation in …

Complexity of systems are increasing day by day. This leads to more and more
vulnerabilities in Systems. Attackers use these vulnerabilities to exploit the victim's system. It …

Abstract Context: Safety-Critical Systems (SCS) require more sophisticated requirements
engineering (RE) approaches as inadequate, incomplete or misunderstood requirements …

New safety critical systems are about to appear in our everyday life: advanced robots able to
interact with humans and perform tasks at home, in hospitals, or at work. A hazardous …

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 …

A crucial aspect of physical human-robot collaboration (HRC) is to maintain a safe common
workspace for human operator. However, close proximity between human-robot and …

When developing systems where safety and security are important aspects, these aspects
have to be given special attention throughout the development, in particular in the …

Safety-critical systems with decisional abilities, such as autonomous robots, are about to
enter our everyday life. Nevertheless, confidence in their behavior is still limited, particularly …

Robots are increasingly involved in our daily lives. Fundamental to robots are the
communication link (or stream) and the applications that connect the robots to their clients or …