Human-Robot Collaboration and Manufacturing Applications

This book reports some latest human-robot collaboration technologies and manufacturing applications. Human-robot collaboration (HRC) is a promising new technology, in which humans and robots share their skills to establish joint capacities to perform complicated industrial jobs. The technology can meet the ever-increasing requirements for high-mixed/low-volume product manufacturing. In this book, foundations, as well as the state-of-the-art and practical implementations for the relevant technologies, are covered. The book details innovative HRC design in terms of HRC safety assurance, robotic learning from demonstration, HRC activity planning and replanning. Manufacturing case studies included in this book illustrate the design details of the algorithms and methodologies for the applications, in a bid to provide useful references to readers. The book offers a valuable resource for researchers in the intelligent manufacturing communities, as well as practicing engineers and decision makers in industry and all those interested in intelligent manufacturing and Industry 4.0.