The development of robotic systems and their applications has rapidly increased in recent years. The challenge today is, e.g. that the robot performs different successive subtasks to achieve one or more complicated tasks similar to humans, and at the same time, to have the ability to cooperate with humans safely and efficiently on different levels…
Nowadays, productivity is not anymore the only driver for the evolution of manufacturing. Companies pay more attention to the worksite analysis, hazard prevention and control, training and education for the employees. Moreover, a set of directives have been issued in Europe considering safety and health at work environment to improve the worker conditions, which in…
In recent years we have attended the arrival of new concepts that are redefining automation in today’s industry. These concepts will lead to even more changes in the near future. The combination of intelligence and artificial vision, mobile and collaborative robotics are the key to this new industry that is being forged. There has been much…
