Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 162-180 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Robotics and Autonomous Systems |
| Volume | 116 |
| Early online date | 18 Mar 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2019 |
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Keywords
- Cobot
- Human-awareness
- Human–robot collaboration
- Intuitive programming
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Mathematics(all)
- Computer Science Applications
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Cobot Programming for Collaborative Industrial Tasks: An Overview. / El Zaatari, Shirine; Marei, Mohamed; Li, Weidong; Usman, Zahid.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Cobot Programming for Collaborative Industrial Tasks: An Overview
AU - El Zaatari, Shirine
AU - Marei, Mohamed
AU - Li, Weidong
AU - Usman, Zahid
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Collaborative robots (cobots) have been increasingly adopted in industries to facilitate human-robot collaboration. Despite this, it is challenging to program cobots for collaborative industrial tasks as the programming has two distinct elements that are difficult to implement: (1) an intuitive element to ensure that the operations of a cobot can be composed or altered dynamically by an operator, and (2) a human-aware element to support cobots in producing flexible and adaptive behaviours dependent on human partners. In this area, some research works have been carried out recently, but there is a lack of a systematic summary on the subject. In this paper, an overview of collaborative industrial scenarios and programming requirements for cobots to implement effective collaboration is given. Then, detailed reviews on cobot programming, which are categorised into communication, optimisation, and learning, are conducted. Additionally, a significant gap between cobot programming implemented in industry and in research is identified, and research that works towards bridging this gap is pinpointed. Finally, the future directions of cobots for industrial collaborative scenarios are outlined, including potential points of extension and improvement.
AB - Collaborative robots (cobots) have been increasingly adopted in industries to facilitate human-robot collaboration. Despite this, it is challenging to program cobots for collaborative industrial tasks as the programming has two distinct elements that are difficult to implement: (1) an intuitive element to ensure that the operations of a cobot can be composed or altered dynamically by an operator, and (2) a human-aware element to support cobots in producing flexible and adaptive behaviours dependent on human partners. In this area, some research works have been carried out recently, but there is a lack of a systematic summary on the subject. In this paper, an overview of collaborative industrial scenarios and programming requirements for cobots to implement effective collaboration is given. Then, detailed reviews on cobot programming, which are categorised into communication, optimisation, and learning, are conducted. Additionally, a significant gap between cobot programming implemented in industry and in research is identified, and research that works towards bridging this gap is pinpointed. Finally, the future directions of cobots for industrial collaborative scenarios are outlined, including potential points of extension and improvement.
KW - Cobot
KW - Human-awareness
KW - Human–robot collaboration
KW - Intuitive programming
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U2 - 10.1016/j.robot.2019.03.003
DO - 10.1016/j.robot.2019.03.003
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VL - 116
SP - 162
EP - 180
JO - Robotics and Autonomous Systems
JF - Robotics and Autonomous Systems
SN - 0921-8890
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