Operations management issues in design and control of hybrid human-robot collaborative manufacturing systems: a survey

SE Hashemi-Petroodi, S Thevenin, S Kovalev… - Annual Reviews in …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Humans are not machines—anthropocentric human–machine symbiosis for ultra-flexible smart manufacturing

Y Lu, JS Adrados, SS Chand, L Wang - Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Dedicated manufacturing systems are fading out as future manufacturing (ie, Industry 4.0 [1])
demands ultra-flexible smart manufacturing systems that can self-adapt to production …

Human-humanoid interaction and cooperation: a review

L Vianello, L Penco, W Gomes, Y You… - Current Robotics …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Humanoid robots are versatile platforms with the potential to
assist humans in several domains, from education to healthcare, from entertainment to the …

Smart operators: How Industry 4.0 is affecting the worker's performance in manufacturing contexts

M Salvatore, R Stefano - Procedia Computer Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The fourth industrial revolution is affecting the workforce at strategical, tactical, and
operational levels and it is leading to the development of new careers with precise and …

Smart collaborative systems for enabling flexible and ergonomic work practices [industry activities]

A Ajoudani, P Albrecht, M Bianchi… - IEEE Robotics & …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The manufacturing industry is among the top wealth generating sectors of the global
economy and accounted for 15.3% and 10%, respectively, of the total European and …

[HTML][HTML] Operator-mobile robot collaboration for synchronized part movement

AK Ramasubramanian, N Papakostas - Procedia CIRP, 2021 - Elsevier
Mobile robotic platforms have become increasingly popular. Commercially available
versions of mobile robots are designed to support human operators in typical production …

Human performance in three-hands tasks

A Noccaro, J Eden, G Di Pino, D Formica, E Burdet - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The successful completion of complex tasks like hanging a picture or laparoscopic surgery
requires coordinated motion of more than two limbs. User-controlled supernumerary robotic …

Closed-Chain Inverse Dynamics for the Biomechanical Analysis of Manual Material Handling Tasks through a Deep Learning Assisted Wearable Sensor Network

R Bezzini, L Crosato, M Teppati Losè, CA Avizzano… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite the automatization of many industrial and logistics processes, human workers are
still often involved in the manual handling of loads. These activities lead to many work …

Imposing motion variability for ergonomic human-robot collaboration

M Zolotas, R Luo, S Bazzi, D Saha… - IISE Transactions on …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONS “Overassistive” robots can adversely impact long-term
human-robot collaboration in the workplace, leading to risks of worker complacency …

A collaborative robotic approach to autonomous pallet jack transportation and positioning

P Balatti, F Fusaro, N Villa, E Lamon, A Ajoudani - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a novel loco-manipulation control framework for the execution of
complex tasks with kinodynamic constraints using mobile manipulators. As a representative …