In this work, we propose a novel framework for gesture recognition for human-robot collaborative assembly. It permits recognition of dynamic hand gestures and their duration to automate planning the assembly or common human-robot workspaces ...

Many industrial processes remain being executed manually due to the necessary dexterity to perform them and their complexity to be replicated and automated. In this paper, we present TRAINMAN-MAGOS, a finger-tracking based solution which uses a ...

Humanoid workers that can improve the joy and achievement of workers with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) hold promise in light manufacturing settings. In this paper, we provide details of an architecture to support social scaffolding ...

Human–robot collaboration will be an essential part of the production processes in the factories of tomorrow. In this paper, a human–robot hand‐over control strategy is presented. Human and robot can be both giver and receiver. A path‐planning ...

In this paper, we present a social robotics framework to assist workers with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). AIDA, which stands for artificially intelligent disability assistant, will help workers with IDD through social scaffolding ...

We explore first-person demonstration as an intuitive way of producing task demonstrations to facilitate user-centric robotic assistance. First-person demonstration directly captures the human experience of task performance via head-mounted cameras and ...

As an alternative to social co-robots, or collaborative robots, displacing workers in the workforce, social robots may, in the future, be used to augment workers with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and improve their work environments. ...

Worldwide, manufacturers are reimagining the future of their workforce and its connection to technology. Rather than replacing humans, Industry 5.0 explores how humans and robots can best complement one another's unique strengths. However, realizing ...