Increased global competition has placed a premium on customer satisfaction, and there is a
greater demand for manufacturers to be flexible with their products and services. This …

Human–robot collaboration is a main technology of Industry 4.0 and is currently changing
the shop floor of manufacturing companies. Collaborative robots are innovative industrial …

For human-robot collaboration (HRC), one of the most practical methods to ensure human
safety with a vision-based system is establishing a minimum safe distance. This study …

Currently, a large number of industrial robots have been deployed to replace or assist
humans to perform various repetitive and dangerous manufacturing tasks. However, based …

Industrial robots working in isolation in a highly automated system are valued for their high
productivity. The shortcomings of these pure robotic cells become more apparent when …

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 …

Recent research results on human–robot interaction and collaborative robotics are leaving
behind the traditional paradigm of robots living in a separated space inside safety cages …

Recent advancements in human-robot collaboration have enabled human operators and
robots to work together in a shared manufacturing environment. However, current distance …

Close interactions with a human operator are an important safety concern for collaborative
robot systems. For safety assurance, robot integrators are required to demonstrate that they …

The problem of production flow and evaluation of productivity in the manufacturing line is
analysed. Machines can be operated by humans or by robots. Since breakdowns and …