Robotic devices can be leveraged to raise the abilities of humans to perform demanding and
complex tasks with less effort. Although the first priority of such human-robot interaction …

Robotic assistive devices enhance the autonomy of individuals living with physical
disabilities in their day-to-day life. Although the first priority for such devices is safety, they …

In household settings, Learning from Demonstration techniques can enable end-users to
teach their robots new skills. Furthermore, it may be necessary for the demonstrations to be …

Effective physical Human-Robot Interaction (pHRI) needs to account for variable human
dynamics and also predict human intent. Recently, there has been a lot of progress in …

Physical human-robot interaction (pHRI) enables a user to interact with a physical robotic
device to advance beyond the current capabilities of high-payload and high-precision …

Hand guidance of robots has proven to be a useful tool both for programming trajectories
and in kinesthetic teaching. However hand guidance is usually relegated to robots …

Standard industrial robotic manipulators use well-established high performing technologies.
However, such manipulators do not guarantee a safe Human–Robot Interaction (HRI) …

This letter introduces a variable admittance control approach aimed at enhancing intuitive
human-robot interaction by considering both direct and indirect human intentions. The …

Hand guidance emerged from the safety requirements for collaborative robots, namely
possessing joint-torque sensors. Since then it has proven to be a powerful tool for easy …

We present a learning and control strategy that enables robots to harness physical human
interventions to update their trajectory and goal during autonomous tasks. Within the state of …