A framework for safe and intuitive human-robot interaction for assistant robotics

Abstract

The brand new paradigm of Industry 5.0 envisages an increased leading role of the human operator in the production lines of the next future. Human-centric oriented solutions are going to be developed based on proactive human-robot collaborations, able to better exploit the skills and capabilities of both humans and cobots, mainly thanks to artificial intelligence. Several functionalities must be assured to reach such a goal, guaranteeing safety and flexibility, from human action prediction to object recognition and affordance. This paper offers an overview of the existing solutions for the various, separate issues, proposing a general framework for mobile manipulators assisting human workers, in a context of mass customization.