Manufacturing challenges are increasing the demands for more agile and dexterous means
of production. At the same time, these systems aim to maintain or even increase productivity …

During the last decades, there has been wide interest towards creating more agile and
reconfigurable automation systems. This includes the research interest towards human …

Automation and robotics are two enablers for developing the Smart Factory of the Future,
which is based on intelligent machines and collaboration between robots and humans …

In the pursuit of increasing efficiency, productivity and flexibility at production lines and their
corresponding workstations, manufacturing companies have started to heavily invest in …

In human–robot collaborative assembly, robots are often required to dynamically change
their preplanned tasks to collaborate with human operators in close proximity. One essential …

The introduction of Industry 4.0 technologies and automation in production and assembly is
progressing and bringing a number of changes. While automation in the past was planned …

Abstract Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) has emerged in recent years as a need for common
collaborative execution of manufacturing tasks. This work examines two types of techniques …

Modern manufacturing systems require increased levels of automation for fast and low-cost
production, but also high levels of flexibility and adaptability to dynamic production …

Industry 4.0 aims to support the factory of the future, which involves increased amounts of
information systems and new ways of using automation. One new usage is collaboration …

Nowadays, robots are used extensively in manufacturing sectors because they improve
quality and efficiency of production processes. Robots can perform various tasks …