With the fourth revolution of healthcare, ie, Healthcare 4.0, collaborative robotics is spilling
out from traditional manufacturing and will blend into human living or working environments …

Proximity sensing is a major requirement for intelligent robots and robotic arms to ensure
safety and closed-loop control in human–robot interactions. E-skins have received …

Human collaborative robots (HCRs) work in close cooperation with humans. The proximity
and tactile sensors placed on the HCR surface ensure the safety of humans working with the …

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the importance of developing intelligent robotics
to prevent infectious disease spread. Human-machine interfaces (HMIs) give a chance of …

The research on proximity sensing electronic skin has garnered significant attention. This
electronic skin technology enables detection without physical contact and holds vast …

Physical Human-Robot-Interaction (pHRI) is beneficial for communication in social
interaction or to perform collaborative tasks but is also crucial for safety. While robotic …

Population aging has highlighted the significance of developing home-care robots to assist
human life. However, traditional home-care robots work according to fixed procedures …

Safety in human–machine cooperation is the current challenge in robotics. Safe human–
robot interaction requires the development of sensors that detect human presence in the …

The emerging applications of collaborative robots (cobots) are spilling out from product
manufactories to service industries for human care, such as patient care for combating the …

The social interaction is one of the necessary skills for social robots to better integrate into
human society. However, current social robots interact mainly through audio and visual …