Since the Third Industrial Revolution, technology and the global economy have developed
rapidly. Driven by market demand and the development of science and technology, the …

Notwithstanding its disruptive potential, which has been the object of considerable debate,
Industry4. 0 (I4. 0) operationalisation still needs significant study. Specifically, scheduling is …

A revolution in advanced manufacturing has been driven by digital technology in the fourth
industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, and has resulted in a substantial increase …

Collaborative robotics is an umbrella term that conveys the general idea of proximity
between machines and humans for some useful tasks in a shared space, with a range of …

Purpose Over the past years, collaborative robots have been introduced as a new
generation of industrial robotics working alongside humans to share the workload. These …

Abstract Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC) presents an opportunity to improve the
efficiency of manufacturing processes. However, the existing task planning approaches for …

As collaborative robots begin to appear on factory floors, there is a need to consider how
these robots can best help their human partners. In this paper, we propose an optimization …

Recent emergence of safe, lightweight, and flexible robots has opened a new realm for
human-robot collaboration in manufacturing. Utilizing such robots with the new human-robot …

A manufacturing system able to perform a high variety of tasks requires different types of
resources. Fully automated systems using robots possess high speed, accuracy …

This paper proposes a method for human–robot (HR) task planning, considering at the same
time, the design of the workplace. A model for the representation of humans and robots as a …