According to the standard ISO 10218–2, industrial robot systems must be subjected to a risk
assessment prior to commissioning. In current industrial practice, risk assessments are …

In this paper, we propose a new formulation to consider visual–spatial attention in order to
improve the comfort of a human standing or operating near a collaborative robot. This …

The increasing trend of using industrial robots due to their robotic strength and endurance
made the manufacturing processes more efficient. Humans, however, are still an integral …

To have robot manipulators working alongside with humans is a necessity in service robots.
Obviously, in these robotics applications, human safety has precedence over precision and …

In the proposed system the environment of an industrial robot is captured through algorithms
of machine learning. Thus, objects and human actions are determined. Based on semantic …

This paper introduces a new superquadric-based human body modeling technique. The
model is used as part of an on-line path planning scheme. The path planning scheme …

The skill level of teleoperator plays a key role in the telerobotic operation. However, plenty of
experiments are required to evaluate the skill level in a conventional assessment. In this …

This thesis focuses on the development of a multi-functional capacitive proximity sensor to
improve the worker safety during the industrial human-robot interactions. The sensor is to be …

Interactive robots are required to have minimal footprint on the shop floor and to be able to
work in constrained areas while ensuring the safety of the humans. To this end, modeling of …

In recent years, the interest in human-robot interactions has added a new dimension to the
on-line path planning problem by requiring a method that guarantees a risk-free path. This …