The rise of collaborative robotics has offered new opportunities for integrating automation
into the factories, allowing robots and humans to work side-by-side. However, this close …

Flexible and versatile mobile robotic coworkers are becoming an indispensable commodity
for helping humans with repetitive or physically demanding work. A key challenge with these …

As of today, robots exhibit impressive agility but also pose potential hazards to humans
using/collaborating with them. Consequently, safety is considered the most paramount factor …

In this paper, we experimentally validate the recent concepts of closed-loop state and input
sensitivity in the context of robust manipulation control for a robot manipulator. Our objective …

Knowledge of the robot's load inertial parameters is indispensable for accurate and safe
operation, especially in collaborative robotics. However, an intuitive method for online …

Collaborative robots (cobots) are increasingly integrated into Industry 4.0 dynamic
manufacturing environments that require frequent system reconfiguration due to changes in …

In collaborative robotics, the safety of humans interacting with cobots is crucial. There is a
need for collaborative robots that can move quickly while still being safe. This letter …

The use of pointed or edged tools or objects is one of the most challenging aspects of
today's application of physical human-robot interaction (pHRI). One reason for this is that the …

Robotics has played an important role on industrial changes over the last decades, allowing
to reduce costs, improve quality, increase productivity and reduce dangers for employees …

Following the performance and force limitation method of the ISO/TS 15066 standard, safety
of a human–robot collaboration task is assessed for critical situations assuming quasi-static …