Nowadays, numerous companies and industries introduce recycling processes in their
production, aiming to increase the sustainable use of the planet's natural resources …

This article surveys the literature on human–robot object handovers. A handover is a
collaborative joint action, where an agent, the giver, gives an object to another agent, the …

Artificial potential fields (APFs) and their variants have been a staple for collision avoidance
of mobile robots and manipulators for almost 40 years. Its model-independent nature, ease …

Over the decades, kinematic controllers have proven to be practically useful for applications
like set-point and trajectory tracking in robotic systems. To this end, we formulate a novel …

Endowing nonlinear systems with safe behavior is increasingly important in modern control.
This task is particularly challenging for real-life control systems that operate in dynamically …

Recent advances allow for the automation of food preparation in high-throughput
environments, yet the successful deployment of these robots requires the planning and …

A new vision in human–robot collaboration has allowed to place robots nearby human
operators, working close to each other in industrial environments. As a consequence …

Connectivity maintenance is an essential aspect to consider while controlling a multi-robot
system. In general, a multi-robot system should be connected to obtain a certain common …

Thanks to their reduced speed and payload, collaborative robotics are, in most of the cases,
inherently safe when adopted in relatively simple applications. Other applications, however …

In the context of current societal challenges, such as climate neutrality, industry digitization,
and circular economy, this paper addresses the importance of improving recycling practices …