Human robot collaborative intelligence

Abstract

In the past decades, the technical requirements of control systems have become more stringent to be applicable to many aspects of industrial applications and automation devices, ranging from robots in manufacturing, underwater vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles to human-robot interaction. With the development of robotics, increasing attention is been paid to the human-robot interaction research. These studies, along with the increasing requirements and demands for the system stability, safety and reliability, are posing new theoretical and technological challenges for the advanced controller design. In this special issue, we bring together a number of works under the topic of Human Robot Collaborative Intelligence: Theory and Applications. The contributors have investigated various applications of a wide range of robotic system, and have also performed a number of progresses on fundamental theoretical studies.