There have been significant interests and efforts in the field of impedance control on robotic
manipulation over last decades. Impedance control aims to achieve the desired mechanical …

In this survey, various concepts and methodologies developed over the past two decades for
varying and learning the impedance or admittance of robotic systems that physically interact …

Since the strict separation of working spaces of humans and robots has experienced a
softening due to recent robotics research achievements, close interaction of humans and …

Robots are expected to be human-friendly and to execute tasks in cooperation with humans.
Control systems for such robots should be designed in order to adapt human characteristics …

Robots are currently used in some applications to enhance human performance and it is
expected that human/robot interactions will become more frequent in the future. In order to …

In the future, robots will have to assist human beings in the performance of several tasks. In
order to achieve this goal, robots have to be able to follow human movement in a way that is …

This paper presents a variable admittance control method to achieve intuitive human-robot
interactions that consider human intentions. Human intention is classified into two categories …

Over the last years, physical Human–Robot Interaction (pHRI) has become a particularly
interesting topic for industrial tasks. An important issue is allowing people and robots to …

In this article, a new learning-based time-varying impedance controller is proposed and
tested to facilitate an autonomous physical human–robot interaction (pHRI). Novel …

Robot-based rehabilitation is consolidated as a viable and efficient practice to speed up and
improve the recovery of lost functions. Several studies highlight that patients are encouraged …