Human-robot collaboration is the design and operation of robots that work alongside people in a shared workspace, coordinating tasks safely through sensing, control and interaction.
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- Human-robot collaboration covers settings where humans and robots share space and tasks rather than being separated by barriers, requiring reliable perception, compliant control and predictable behaviour to ensure safety. Force limiting, speed monitoring and intent recognition allow close cooperation.
- Collaborative robots, assistive systems and exoskeletons are concrete forms of this collaboration across manufacturing, healthcare and logistics. Effective interaction depends on the robot interpreting human actions and signalling its own intentions clearly.