Human-Robot Collaborations in Industrial Automation

• Other Authors: Schmitz, Anne (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; History of engineering & technology; physical human-robot interaction; game theory; adaptive optimal control; robot control; tandem force sensor; traction force sensor; human-robot interaction; contact task; imitation learning; safe physical human-robot collaboration; collision detection; human action recognition; artificial intelligence; industrial automation; reinforcement learning; social robotics; reward design; physical embodiment; human robot collaboration; human robot interaction; path planning; bidirectional awareness; haptic feedback device; human machine interface; collision identification; collaborative robot; deep learning; uncertainty estimation; knowledge distillation; human-robot collaboration; speed and separation monitoring; human-machine differentiation; thermal cameras; protective separation distance; collaborative robots; motion planning; human motion prediction; human-following robots; teleoperation; high-speed image processing; machine learning; finger position recognition; grasp type estimation; human-centered robotics; task planning; n/a
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Technology is changing the manufacturing world. For example, sensors are being used to track inventories from the manufacturing floor up to a retail shelf or a customer's door. These types of interconnected systems have been called the fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, a...