Recent technological advances in hardware design of the robotic platforms enabled the
implementation of various control modalities for improved interactions with humans and …

This study provides a structured literature review of the recent COllaborative roBOT
(COBOT) applications in industrial and service contexts. Several papers and research …

To effectively collaborate with people, robots are expected to detect and profile the users
they are interacting with, but also to modify and adapt their behavior according to the …

It is widely agreed that future manufacturing environments will be populated by humans and
robots sharing the same workspace. However, the real collaboration can be sporadic …

Human action recognition is a challenging task due to the complexity of human movements
and to the variety among the same actions performed by distinct subjects. Recent …

The interest of human-robot collaboration (HRC) for intelligent manufacturing service system
is gradually increasing. Fluent human-robot coexistence in manufacturing requires accurate …

We present a framework that allows a robot manipulator to learn how to execute structured
tasks from human demonstrations. The proposed system combines physical human–robot …

Background One of the main challenges of health monitoring systems is the support of older
persons in living independently in their homes and with relatives. Smart homes equipped …

Accurate activity recognition plays a major role in smart homes to provide assistance and
support for users, especially elderly and cognitively impaired people. To realize this task …

Some applications of service robots within domestic and working environments are
envisaged to be a significant part of our lives in the not too distant future. They are …