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 …

The paradigm for robot usage has changed in the last few years, from a scenario in which
robots work isolated to a scenario where robots collaborate with human beings, exploiting …

At present, energy consumption strongly affects the financial payback period of industrial
robots, as well as the related manufacturing process sustainability. Henceforth, during both …

Background The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a positioning method
with hand-guiding and contact position feedback of robot based on a human-robot …

Human–robot collision avoidance is a key in collaborative robotics and in the framework of
Industry 4.0. It plays an important role for achieving safety criteria while having humans and …

Abstract Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) has been characterized by the increasing use of automation,
artificial intelligence, and big data in manufacturing. It has brought different machines, tools …

Collaborative robots are increasingly present in our lives. The KUKA LBR iiwa, equipped
with the KUKA Sunrise. OS controller, is one example of a collaborative/sensitive robot. This …

Flexible production is a key element in modern industrial manufacturing. Autonomous
mobile manipulators can be used to execute various tasks: from logistics, to pick and place …

The interaction between humans and collaborative robots in performing given tasks has
aroused the interest of researchers and industry for the development of gesture recognition …

Collaborative robots (Cobots) are compact machines programmable for a wide variety of
tasks and able to ease operators' working conditions. They can be therefore adopted in …