The paper identifies the need for human robot collaboration for conventional light weight
and heavy payload robots in future manufacturing environment. An overview of state of the …

Even though full autonomy in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS s) is a challenge that has been
confronted in different application domains and industrial sectors, the current scenario still …

This paper presents the vision and architectures, proposed by the EU project ROBO-
PARTNER. The project aspires to the integration of the latest industrial automation systems …

The evolution of production systems has established major challenges in internal logistics.
In order to overcome these challenges, new automation solutions have been developed and …

The aim of this article is to provide a common, easy to use nomenclature to describe highly
automated human-machine systems in the realm of vehicle guidance and foster the …

The implementation of information technology and automation has been the driving force of
the development of technology in the last decades. At the same time the presence of …

Both humans and robots have crucial advantages regarding industrial assembly processes.
While robots ace at repetitive and monotonous assembly steps, humans are able to adapt …

To draw a comprehensive and cohesive understanding of human–vehicle cooperation in
automated driving, a review is made on key studies in human–robot interaction and human …

The paper proposes a heuristic-based prospective method to discover possible conflicts of
shared control between humans and autonomous systems. This method adapts the triplet …

Industrial robots working in isolation in a highly automated system are valued for their high
productivity. The shortcomings of these pure robotic cells become more apparent when …