Sensing and Perception in Human-Robot Interaction
A special issue of Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensors and Control in Robotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 100
Special Issue Editor
Interests: mechatronic systems; robotic hands and grippers; actuators; sensors for robots; control; system dynamics; modelling and simulation
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Dear Colleagues,
Human–robot interaction (HRI) is quickly spreading in industrial scenarios. Fostered by factors such as increasing demand and world population, which result in the need for augmented mass production, HRI centers on the interaction between human operators and robots. The combination of human cognition with the high effectiveness and precision of collaborative robots, namely cobots, leads HRI to outperform traditional robot behavior. A key feature boosting the success of HRI is the instrumentation of cobots with various types of sensors, such as force, torque, tactile, motion, proximity, and vision sensors. The integration of sensors in collaborative robotics setups, together with robust algorithms that make use of different sensory inputs, will constantly increase the cognitive capabilities of cobots, resulting in a significant improvement in HRIs.
The present Special Issue aims to collect articles showing new sensing modalities and algorithms in the execution of HRI. Particular attention is given to how sensors are integrated into a collaborative robotic setup, as well as to perception modalities, data processing methods, and consequent decision-making processes. Both research and review articles are welcome. The topics of interest include (without being limited to) the following:
- Sensor integration in HRI;
- Sensing applications in HRI;
- Safety in HRI;
- Hardware design of cobots;
- Instrumented end effectors of cobots;
- Control of cobots.
Dr. Rocco Antonio Romeo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- collaborative robotics
- sensing and perception in HRI
- HRI
- instrumented end effectors
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